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Release Date:
January 27, 2016
Original Title:
Kino Smarža
Alternate Titles:
Filmas Smarža
The smell of cinema: How I worked with Eisenstein or Honest and truthful stories from the life of Viktor Shildknecht, a sailor, artist and citizen of the Republic of Latvia, told by himself
Запах кино: Как я работал с Эйзенштейном или Честные и правдивые истории из жизни Виктора Шильдкнехта, моряка, художника и гражданина Латвийской республики, рассказанные им самим
Genres:
Documentary
Production Companies:
Pilotazh studio
Production Countries:
Latvia | Russia
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 25
“Today you will hear my most honest and truthful story about how I made a movie with Eisenstein and Pudovkin almost 90 years ago, how I shot from a bow in the movie Ivan the Terrible, about how I taught the Red Army to ski, how I built the Riga Film Studio, about Naval ships, about Stalin and life in the Universe."
Director:
Vladislavs Ščepins
Director of Photography:
Uldis Jancis
Producer:
Alyona Melesse
Kristians Luhaers
Vladislavs Ščepins
Laima Freimane
Screenstory:
Vladislavs Ščepins
Laima Freimane
Writer:
Sergejs Širinskijs
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