Mosfilm miroir d'un empire

A Short film of

Laurence Bertoia, Bernard Louargant

Produced by

Imagie Productions

Production year1999

Runtime53 min

Synopsis

The Mosfilm Studios were inaugurated in 1931 by Stalin. Five thousand people worked in the complex, which was the same size as the Kremilin, a genuine labyrinth city devoted to cinema and the glory of the proletariat. From Eisenstein to Mikhalkov, the cream of Soviet cinema passed through Mosfilm which, up until the perestroika, would oversse more than half of all national productions. In 1991, the collapse of the Soviet Union spelt the end for the studios, which were divided up and privatized. What remains of slendors past is this shoulder camera operator, spinning on roller skates through the waltzing couples in War and Peace by Serguei Bondartchouk.

Credits

Directors (2)

Laurence Bertoia
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Bernard Louargant
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Production and distribution (3)

Executive Producer : Imagie Productions

Co-production : Arkeion Films

Film exports/foreign sales : The Party Film Sales

Full credits (8)

Executive Producer : Jean-François Ferrillon

Screenwriters : Laurence Bertoia, Bernard Louargant

Director of Photography : Iouri Oulanov

Editor : Éric Bortolotti

Sound Recordist : Stanislas Bodkine

Sound Mixer : Cédric Denooz

Narrator : Marina Vlady

Participants : Naoum Kleiman, Karen Shakhnazarov, Vladimir Naoumov

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Technical details

Type : Short film
Genres : Documentary
Themes : Cinema, History, Politics
Production language : Russian
Production country : France
Original French-language productions : Unspecified
Nationality : 100% French (France)
Production year : 1999
Runtime : 53 min
Production formats : Beta SP
Color type : Color and Black & White
Aspect ratio : 4/3
Audio format : Stereo
Rating restrictions : None

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