Revolution: New Art for a New World (2017)

  • NR
  • 03/26/2017 (US)
  • Documentary
  • 1h 25m

The Russian Avant-Garde, a century on

Overview

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.

Margy Kinmonth

Director, Writer

Cast

Tom Hollander's headshot

Tom Hollander

Kazimir Malevich (voice)
Matthew Macfadyen's headshot

Matthew Macfadyen

Vladimir Lenin (voice)
Eleanor Tomlinson's headshot

Eleanor Tomlinson

Lyubov Popova (voice)
James Fleet's headshot

James Fleet

Wassily Kandinsky (voice)
Daisy Bevan's headshot

Daisy Bevan

Varvara Stepanova (voice)
Sean Cronin's headshot

Sean Cronin

Sergeant Berman
Alex Enmarch's headshot

Alex Enmarch

Nikolay Punin
Ernest Gromov's headshot

Ernest Gromov

Officer Vorontsov

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