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Revolution: New Art for a New World

Revolution: New Art for a New World (2017)

1h 25m | PG-13

⭐ 7.5 / 10

Drawing on the collections of major Russian institutions, contributions from contemporary artists, curators and performers and personal testimony from the descendants of those involved, the film brings the artists of the Russian Avant-Garde to life. It tells the stories of artists like Chagall, Kandinsky and Malevich - pioneers who flourished in response to the challenge of building a new art for a new world, only to be broken by implacable authority after 15 short years and silenced by Stalin's Socialist Realism.

Director: Margy Kinmonth

Studio: Foxtrot Films

Genre: Documentary

Video: 720p

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Cast

Tom Hollander

Tom Hollander

as Kazimir Malevich (voice)

Matthew Macfadyen

Matthew Macfadyen

as Vladimir Lenin (voice)

Eleanor Tomlinson

Eleanor Tomlinson

as Lyubov Popova (voice)

James Fleet

James Fleet

as Wassily Kandinsky (voice)

Daisy Bevan

Daisy Bevan

as Varvara Stepanova (voice)

Sean Cronin

Sean Cronin

as Sergeant Berman