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Man with a Movie Camera (1929)

1929 · Feature film · 67 min · dir. Dziga Vertov

The Greatest Documentary Ever Made

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Synopsis

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!

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Details

Director
Dziga Vertov
Writer
Dziga Vertov
Cinematography
Mikhail Kaufman
Studio
VUFKU
Released
1929-05-12
Original title
Человек с киноаппаратом
Running time
67 minutes

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Reviews on the Internet Archive

★ · Too much, man · K Z279 · 2026-02-02

I'm sorry, but I truly believe that having AI do anything with this movie is pure sacrilege.

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