Synopsis
Lev Yefimovich Kerbel is a hero of Socialist Labour, a winner of the Lenin and the State Prizes of the USSR, vice-president and member of the Russian Academy of Arts. Born on November 7th, 1917, the day the Bolsheviks took power in Russia. He began making granite and marble sculptures at an early age, and after WWII became the official sculptor of the Soviet regime. His statue of Karl Marx was erected in the center of Moscow, and those of Lenin and other monuments were installed throughout the USSR and the Soviet block. An artistic symbol of the Soviet Empire, he held this status until the fall of Communism.
Credits
Director (1)
Production and distribution (2)
- Executive Producer : Génération Vidéo
- Film exports/foreign sales : The Party Film Sales
Full credits (8)
- Executive Producer : Bernard Louargant
- Screenwriter : Bernard Louargant
- Director of Photography : Alexandre Ilkhovski
- Editor : Bernard Louargant
- Sound recordist : Anna Toporova
- Assistant Operator : Konstantin Vorobjev
- Sound Mixer : Romain Séris
- Participant : Lev Kerbel
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Documentary
- Sub-genre : Portrait
- Themes : Fine arts, Sculpture, Politics
- Production language : Russian
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2003
- Runtime : 26 min
- Production formats : DV-CAM
- Color type : Color and Black & White
- Aspect ratio : 4/3
- Audio format : Stereo
- Rating restrictions : None
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