Man with a Movie Camera (1929)
Chelovek s kino-apparatom (original title)Reference View | Change View
- Not Rated
- 1h 8min
- Documentary
- 12 May 1929 (USA)
- Movie
A man travels around a city with a camera slung over his shoulder, documenting urban life with dazzling invention.
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- 1 win & 1 nomination.
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Mikhail Kaufman | ... |
The Cameraman
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Elizaveta Svilova | ... |
Woman editing film (uncredited)
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Directed by
| Dziga Vertov | ||
Written by
| Dziga Vertov | ... | (scenario) |
Music by
| Pierre Henry | ... | (1993) |
| Nigel Humberstone | ... | (1999) (as In the Nursery) |
| Konstantin Listov | ||
| Michael Nyman | ... | (2002) |
Cinematography by
| Mikhail Kaufman | ||
| Gleb Troyanski | ... | (uncredited) |
Editing by
| Dziga Vertov | ||
Editorial Department
| Elizaveta Svilova | ... | assistant editor |
Art Department
| Georgii Stenberg | ... | poster artist |
| Vladimir Stenberg | ... | poster artist |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Amkino Corporation (1929) (United States) (theatrical) (as 'The Man with a Camera')
- BFI Video (2000) (United Kingdom) (DVD) (as 'The Man with a Camera')
- Kino Video (2003) (United States) (DVD) (as 'The Man with a Camera')
- Divisa Home Video (2007) (Spain) (DVD)
- Moskwood Media (2007) (Netherlands) (DVD)
- Punto Zero (2007) (Italy) (DVD)
- New Star (2008) (Greece) (theatrical) (re-issue)
- Yleisradio (YLE) (2010) (Finland) (tv)
- Films sans Frontières (2015) (France) (theatrical) (re-release)
- Flicker Alley (2015) (United States) (Blu-ray) (as 'The Man with a Camera') (on 'Dziga Vertov: The Man with the Movie Camera and Other Newly-Restored Works')
- Divisa Home Video (2016) (Spain) (DVD)
- Leopardo Filmes (2016) (Portugal)
- Eureka Entertainment (2016) (United Kingdom) (Blu-ray) (as 'The Man with a Camera')
- Eureka Entertainment (2016) (United Kingdom) (DVD) (as 'The Man with a Camera')
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Storyline
| Plot Summary |
This playful film is at once a documentary of a day in the life of the Soviet Union, a documentary of the filming of said documentary, and a depiction of an audience watching the film. Even the editing of the film is documented. We often see the cameraman who is purportedly making the film, but we rarely, if ever, see any of the footage he seems to be in the act of shooting! Written by George S. Davis |
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| Taglines | The Greatest Documentary Ever Made. See more » |
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | A revelation in its day, the film was noted for introducing all sorts of camera techniques to audiences. Some of these include double exposure, fast motion, slow motion, freeze frames, jump cuts, split screens, Dutch angles, extreme close-ups, tracking shots, backward footage, and stop motion animation. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Edited from Kino Eye (1924). See more » |
| Crazy Credits | At the beginning there is a long explanation of what this film is about and that it is of experimental origin. See more » |