Anna Akhmatova (1889-1966) - Muse of Keening (2011)

  • NR
  • 11/27/2011 (US)
  • Documentary
  • 18m

Overview

A short film by Barry Lowe and Dino Mahoney, starring Pauline Burton as Anna. The film is an introduction to the great Soviet era modernist poet, Anna Akhmatova; shot in winter in Saint Petersburg (Leningrad), it contains rare interviews with people who knew her, academics, and dramatized readings of some of her poems.

Cast

Pauline Burton's headshot

Pauline Burton

Anna Akhmatova

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