Private Chronicles: Monologue

Jan 1, 1999

1h 37m

★ 0.0

Overview

The collective life of the generation born as Jurij Gagarin became the first man in space. Vitaly Mansky has woven together a fictional biography – taken from over 5.000 hours of film material, and 20.000 still pictures made for home use. A moving document of the fictional, but nonetheless true life of the generation who grew up in this time of huge change and upheaval.

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Documentary

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Aleksandr Tsekalo

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