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The Russian Avant-Garde, a century on - Revolution: New Art for a New World
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Title: Revolution: New Art for a New World

Release Date: 8 Mar 2017

Runtime: 1h 25m

Genre: Documentary

Director: Foxtrot Films

Production Companies: Foxtrot Films

Overview: 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.

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Average Vote: 7.5 (6 votes)

Cast

  • Kazimir Malevich (voice): Tom Hollander
  • Vladimir Lenin (voice): Matthew Macfadyen
  • Lyubov Popova (voice): Eleanor Tomlinson
  • Wassily Kandinsky (voice): James Fleet
  • Varvara Stepanova (voice): Daisy Bevan
  • Sergeant Berman: Sean Cronin
  • Nikolay Punin: Alex Enmarch
  • Officer Vorontsov: Ernest Gromov
  • Gustav Klutsis - Prisoner: Tom Rose
  • Self: Andrei Konchalovsky
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