War ·Documentary · Soviet Union · 1946 · 20m

Front-line Cameraman

Фронтовой кинооператор

Front-line Cameraman poster
Director
Maria Slavinskaya
Cast
Leonid Khmara as Narrator (voice) Vladimir Sushchinskiy as Self (archive footage)
Crew
Vladimir Sushchinskiy — Director of Photography Maria Slavinskaya — Editor Zinaida Ginzburg — Writer
Synopsis

A tribute to Soviet cameraman Vladimir Sushchinsky, killed in the liberation of Breslau in 1945, featuring his funeral and final footage by fallen colleagues. The film honors the 252 front-line cameramen of the Central Documentary Film Studio, one in five of whom died while recording the war, leaving behind millions of meters of film and hundreds of newsreels as a lasting record of the conflict.

Key Collaborators
Maria Slavinskaya Director Vladimir Sushchinskiy Director of Photography Maria Slavinskaya Editor Zinaida Ginzburg Writer
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