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Revolution: New Art for a New World

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Revolution: New Art for a New World

Mar 8, 2017

1h 25m

★ 7.5

The Russian Avant-Garde, a century on

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.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Foxtrot Films

Revolution: New Art for a New World Trailers

Cast

Tom Hollander

Kazimir Malevich (voice)

Tom Hollander

Matthew Macfadyen

Vladimir Lenin (voice)

Matthew Macfadyen

Eleanor Tomlinson

Lyubov Popova (voice)

Eleanor Tomlinson

James Fleet

Wassily Kandinsky (voice)

James Fleet

Daisy Bevan

Varvara Stepanova (voice)

Daisy Bevan

Sean Cronin

Sergeant Berman

Sean Cronin

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Nikolay Punin

Alex Enmarch

Ernest Gromov

Officer Vorontsov

Ernest Gromov

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Gustav Klutsis - Prisoner

Tom Rose

Andrei Konchalovsky

Self

Andrei Konchalovsky

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Self

Mikhail Piotrovsky

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Self

Zelfira Tregulova

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