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The Magic Beam

19630.0 / 1080 min
Documentary

Overview

“The Magic Beam” is a film essay woven together from newsreels and documentary material from different decades, fragments of hundreds of non-fiction and fiction Soviet films of the 1910s-1960s.

Cast

Vladimir Lenin

Vladimir Lenin

Self (archive footage)

Sergei Eisenstein

Sergei Eisenstein

Self (archive footage)

Eduard Tisse

Eduard Tisse

Self (archive footage)

Boris Babochkin

Boris Babochkin

Self (archive footage)

Sergey Vasilev

Sergey Vasilev

Self (archive footage)

Georgi Vasilyev

Georgi Vasilyev

Self (archive footage)

Ilya Trauberg

Ilya Trauberg

Self (archive footage)

Grigori Kozintsev

Grigori Kozintsev

Self (archive footage)

Vsevolod Pudovkin

Vsevolod Pudovkin

Self (archive footage)

Fridrikh Ermler

Fridrikh Ermler

Self (archive footage)

Maxim Gorky

Maxim Gorky

Self (archive footage)

Yuli Raizman

Yuli Raizman

Self (archive footage)

Dmitri Shostakovich

Dmitri Shostakovich

Self (archive footage)

Isaak Dunayevsky

Isaak Dunayevsky

Self (archive footage)

Grigori Aleksandrov

Grigori Aleksandrov

Self (archive footage)

Dziga Vertov

Dziga Vertov

Self (archive footage)

Elizaveta Svilova

Elizaveta Svilova

Self (archive footage)

Ilya Kopalin

Ilya Kopalin

Self (archive footage)

Arsha Ovanesova

Arsha Ovanesova

Self (archive footage)

Samuil Bubrik

Samuil Bubrik

Self (archive footage)

Crew

Leonid Makhnach

Leonid Makhnach

Director

Roman Karmen

Roman Karmen

Writer

Aleksandr Novogrudsky

Aleksandr Novogrudsky

Writer

Leonid Kotlyarenko

Leonid Kotlyarenko

Camera Operator

Igor Bgantsev

Igor Bgantsev

Camera Operator

Iosif Poselsky

Iosif Poselsky

Director

Roman Karmen

Roman Karmen

Director

Vasily Katanyan

Vasily Katanyan

Director

Vladimir Tsitron

Vladimir Tsitron

Director of Photography

Valentina Georgievskaya

Valentina Georgievskaya

Sound

Marina Babak

Marina Babak

Assistant Director