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Revolution: New Art for a New World

2017-1h 25min
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7.5 / 10 6

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.

Directed by Andrei Konchalovsky Margy Kinmonth

Writers Margy Kinmonth

Stars Tom Hollander Matthew Macfadyen Eleanor Tomlinson

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Cast

Tom Hollander's picture in the cast

Tom Hollander

Kazimir Malevich (voice)
Matthew Macfadyen's picture in the cast

Matthew Macfadyen

Vladimir Lenin (voice)
Eleanor Tomlinson's picture in the cast

Eleanor Tomlinson

Lyubov Popova (voice)
James Fleet's picture in the cast

James Fleet

Wassily Kandinsky (voice)
Daisy Bevan's picture in the cast

Daisy Bevan

Varvara Stepanova (voice)
Sean Cronin's picture in the cast

Sean Cronin

Sergeant Berman
Alex Enmarch's picture in the cast

Alex Enmarch

Nikolay Punin
Ernest Gromov's picture in the cast

Ernest Gromov

Officer Vorontsov
Tom Rose's picture in the cast

Tom Rose

Gustav Klutsis - Prisoner
Mikhail Piotrovsky's picture in the cast

Mikhail Piotrovsky

Self
Zelfira Tregulova's picture in the cast

Zelfira Tregulova

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