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Woman with an Editing Bench

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Woman with an Editing Bench

7.0

0h 15m

2016

Synopsis

Inspired by the woman who edited "Man with a Movie Camera" (1929), "Woman with an Editing Bench" reveals the personal impact of Stalin’s censorship of cinema on a woman navigating politics, bureaucracy and the impetuous outbursts of collaborators to create something beautiful despite the odds.

Director

Karen Pearlman

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HistoryDrama

soviet unionbiographybased on true storyfilmmakingrussian historycensorshipfilm editorwoman directorstalinism1930scinema historywomen in film

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Cast & Crew

Leeanna Walsman

Leeanna Walsman

as Elizaveta Svilova

Richard James Allen

as Dziga Vertov

Marcus Graham

Marcus Graham

as Boris Shumyatsky

Cat Smith

as Baker

Ivan K. Germano

as Vertov's cameraman

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