Documentary
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
Margy Kinmonth
Written by
Margy Kinmonth
Matthew Macfadyen
Vladimir Lenin (voice)
Eleanor Tomlinson
Lyubov Popova (voice)
Daisy Bevan
Varvara Stepanova (voice)
Tom Hollander
Kazimir Malevich (voice)
James Fleet
Wassily Kandinsky (voice)
Ernest Gromov
Officer Vorontsov
Sean Cronin
Sergeant Berman
Alex Enmarch
Nikolay Punin
Tom Rose
Gustav Klutsis - Prisoner
Mikhail Piotrovsky
Self
Zelfira Tregulova
Self

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