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Release Date:
December 31, 1946
Original Title:
Фронтовой кинооператор
Alternate Titles:
Frontovoy kinooperator Sushchinskiy
Genres:
Documentary | War
Production Companies:
Central Studio of Documentary Films
Production Countries:
Soviet Union
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 20
Documentary about Front-line Cameraman Vladimir Sushchinsky. He died on February 22, 1945 when the Soviet army liberated the Polish city of Breslau (now Wrocław) from the Nazi invaders. Sushchinsky's funeral was filmed by his comrade in the front-line film group, cameraman Nikolay Bykov (died March 18, 1945). The film includes the last shots taken by Boris Pumpyansky, who died near Uzhgorod on December 26, 1944. During the 1418 days of the war, at the risk of their own lives, Front-line Cameraman shot 3.5 million meters of film, more than 500 issues of Newsreels, and 101 Documentaries. It is to them that we owe our living memory of that war. The course of combat battles on all fronts was filmed by 252 Cameraman of the Central Studio of Documentaries. One in five died at the front.
Assistant Director:
Semiramida Pumpyanskaya
Camera Operator:
Vladimir Sushchinskiy
Director:
Maria Slavinskaya
Director of Photography:
Vladimir Sushchinskiy
Editor:
Maria Slavinskaya
Music:
Arnold Roytman
Writer:
Zinaida Ginzburg
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