Revolution: New Art for a New World
“The Russian Avant-Garde, a century on”
7.5
2017
1h 25m
Documentary
Drawing on the collections of major Russian institutions, contributions from contemporary artists, curators and performers and personal testimony from the descendants of those involved, the film brings the artists of the Russian Avant-Garde to life. It tells the stories of artists like Chagall, Kandinsky and Malevich - pioneers who flourished in response to the challenge of building a new art for a new world, only to be broken by implacable authority after 15 short years and silenced by Stalin's Socialist Realism.
Key Crew
Director
Margy Kinmonth
Producers
Margy Kinmonth
Writers
Margy Kinmonth
Cinematography
Maksim Tarasyugin
Music
Edmund Jolliffe
Cast (12)
Tom Hollander
Kazimir Malevich (voice)
Matthew Macfadyen
Vladimir Lenin (voice)
