Dziga VertovDenis Arkadyevich Vertov (born David Abelevich Kaufman; 2 January 1896 [O.S. 21 December 1895] – 12 February 1954), better known as Dziga Vertov, was a Soviet pioneer documentary film and newsreel director, as well as a cinema theorist. His filming practices and theories influenced the cinéma vérité style of documentary movie-making and the Dziga Vertov Group, a radical film-making cooperative which was active from 1968 to 1972.
Man with a Movie CameraMan with a Movie Camera is a 1929 Soviet experimentalsilentdocumentary film, written and directed by Dziga Vertov. It was filmed by his brother Mikhail Kaufman (who also appears as the titular cameraman), and edited by Vertov's wife Yelizaveta Svilova. Vertov's feature film, produced by the film studio All-Ukrainian Photo Cinema Administration (VUFKU), presents urban life in Moscow, Kiev and Odessa during the late 1920s. It has no actors.Kino-Pravda
Boris KaufmanBoris Abelevich Kaufman, ASC (also spelled Kauffman; Russian: Бори́с А́белевич Ка́уфман; August 24, 1906 – June 24, 1980) was a Russian cinematographer, who spent the majority of his professional life in France (1929-1940) and then the United States (1944-1970). Born in the Grodno Governorate of the Russian Empire, present-day Poland, he was the younger brother of noted Soviet filmmakers Dziga Vertov and Mikhail Kaufman.
Russian EmpireRussian state from 1721 to 1917The Russian Empire was an empire that extended across northern Eurasia from 1721 until the proclamation of the Russian Republic in 1917, forming the final era of Tsarist Russia and the wider Russian monarchy. At its height in the late 19th century, it covered about 22,800,000 km (8,800,000 sq mi), roughly one-sixth of the world's landmass, making it the third-largest empire in history, behind only the British and Mongol empires.
Russian Civil WarMulti-party war in the former Russian Empire (1917–1922)BelligerentsBolsheviks: Russian SFSR Ukrainian SSR Byelorussian SSR Transcaucasian SFSRRegional forcesWhite movement:Russian Republic (1917–1918)Russian State (1918–1920) South Russia (1919–1920)Regional forcesIndependence movements: Poland Finland Ukraine Belarus Estonia Latvia Lithuania Georgia Armenia Azerbaijan MoldaviaNorthern CaucasusBasmachiAnti-Bolshevik left:Left SRsGreen armiesMakhnovshchinaRight SRs and MensheviksAllied Powers: Japan United Kingdom United States France CzechoslovakiaCentral Powers: Germany Austria-Hungary Ottoman EmpireCommanders and leadersVladimir LeninLeon TrotskySergey KamenevJukums VācietisYakov Sverdlov #...further detailsAlexander Kolchak Lavr Kornilov †Anton DenikinPyotr Wrangel...further detailsJózef PiłsudskiC.
BiałystokCity county in Podlaskie Voivodeship, PolandBiałystok is the largest city in northeastern Poland and the capital of the Podlaskie Voivodeship. It is the tenth-largest city in Poland, second in terms of population density, and thirteenth in area. Białystok is located in the Białystok Uplands of the Podlachian Plain on the banks of the Biała River, 200 km (124 mi) (124 mi) northeast of Warsaw.
Grodno GovernorateGrodno Governorate was an administrative-territorial unit (guberniya) of the Northwestern Krai of the Russian Empire, with its capital in Grodno. It encompassed 38,671.5 square kilometres (14,931.1 mi) in area and consisted of a population of 1,603,409 inhabitants by 1897.
Russian languageRussian is an East Slavic language belonging to the Balto-Slavic branch of the Indo-European language family. It is one of the four extant East Slavic languages, and is the native language of the Russian people. Russian was the de facto (and de jure in its final years) official language of the former Soviet Union.CinematographerThe cinematographer or director of photography (sometimes shortened to DP or DOP) is the person responsible for the recording of a film, television production, music video or other live-action piece. The cinematographer is the chief of the camera and light crews working on such projects.
Film directorA film director or filmmaker is a person who controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfillment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, production design and all the creative aspects of filmmaking in cooperation with the producer.
NewsreelA newsreel is a form of short documentary film, containing news stories and items of topical interest, that was prevalent between the 1910s and the late 1960s. Typically presented in a cinema, newsreels were a source of current affairs, information, and entertainment for millions of moviegoers.
PhotographerA photographer is a person who makes photographs, most commonly using a camera. They may do so as part of photojournalism, for the sake of creating personal mementos, as part of a business model, as artistic expression or for various other reasons. Photography has become extremely widespread and common in the 21st century. The term photographer is typically applied more narrowly to one who practices photography as a serious or semi-serious pursuit.*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.