For You at the Front! (1942)

  • NR
  • 01/01/1942 (SU)
  • War, History
  • 43m

Overview

From the start, Vertov made himself known as an irreconcilable enemy of “acted films,” which he regarded as a violation of truth. At the peak of World War II, however, such lofty artistic principles proved impractical. Vertov’s poetic and patriotic For You, Front! is a fiction film with a script and two actors. In a letter to her fiancé, a soldier on the front, Saule asks if there is anything he needs from “our beloved Kazakhstan.” Yes there is, he replies: lead, which can be used to make bullets to kill the enemies of “our beloved country.”

Dziga Vertov

Director, Writer

Elizaveta Svilova

Director

Cast

Nurpeis Baiganin's headshot

Nurpeis Baiganin

Kazakh Musician

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