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Man with a Movie Camera

Original title: Chelovek s kino-apparatom
  • 1929
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 8m
IMDb RATING
8.3/10
31K
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Vladimir Stenberg and Georgii Stenberg in Man with a Movie Camera (1929)
A man travels around a city with a camera slung over his shoulder, documenting urban life with dazzling invention.
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A man travels around a city with a camera slung over his shoulder, documenting urban life with dazzling invention.A man travels around a city with a camera slung over his shoulder, documenting urban life with dazzling invention.A man travels around a city with a camera slung over his shoulder, documenting urban life with dazzling invention.

  • Director
    • Dziga Vertov
  • Writer
    • Dziga Vertov
  • Stars
    • Mikhail Kaufman
    • Elizaveta Svilova
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • IMDb RATING
    8.3/10
    31K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Dziga Vertov
    • Writer
      • Dziga Vertov
    • Stars
      • Mikhail Kaufman
      • Elizaveta Svilova
    • 174User reviews
    • 68Critic reviews
    • 96Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 win & 1 nomination total

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    Top Cast2

    Mikhail Kaufman
    • Self - The Cameraman
    Elizaveta Svilova
    • Self - Woman editing film
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Dziga Vertov
    • Writer
      • Dziga Vertov
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    Storyline

    Did you know

    • Trivia
      A revelation in its day, the film was noted for introducing all sorts of camera techniques to audiences. Some of these include double exposure, fast motion, slow motion, freeze frames, jump cuts, split screens, Dutch angles, extreme close-ups, tracking shots, backward footage, and stop motion animation.
    • Crazy credits
      At the beginning there is a long explanation of what this film is about and that it is of experimental origin.
    • Alternate versions
      Kino International, by arrangement with the George Eastman House International Museum of Photography, released a version in 1996 produced by David Shepard and copyrighted by Film Preservation Associates. It runs 68 minutes and has new original music composed and performed by the Alloy Orchestra following the written instructions from the director, Dziga Vertov. The music has been copyrighted by Junk Metal Music in 1996.
    • Connections
      Edited from Kino Eye (1924)

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    Details

    • Release date
      • May 12, 1929 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • Soviet Union
    • Official sites
      • Dovzhenko Centre
      • Link to the international distributor, Sala46 Films.
    • Language
      • None
    • Also known as
      • El hombre de la cámara
    • Filming locations
      • Kyiv, Ukraine
    • Production company
      • Vseukrainske Foto Kino Upravlinnia (VUFKU)
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    Box office

    • Gross worldwide
      • $38,007
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    Tech specs

    • Runtime
      • 1h 8m(68 min)
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Silent
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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