Watch Now
Download
Revolution: New Art for a New World

Revolution: New Art for a New World

The Russian Avant-Garde, a century on
Mar 08, 2017 1h 25m
7.5
6 votes

Synopsis

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.

Title Revolution: New Art for a New World
Companies Foxtrot Films
Countries United Kingdom
Keywords soviet union, art, russian revolution (1917), woman director, political repression, repression
Tom Hollander

Tom Hollander

Kazimir Malevich (voice)
Matthew Macfadyen

Matthew Macfadyen

Vladimir Lenin (voice)
Eleanor Tomlinson

Eleanor Tomlinson

Lyubov Popova (voice)
James Fleet

James Fleet

Wassily Kandinsky (voice)
Daisy Bevan

Daisy Bevan

Varvara Stepanova (voice)
Sean Cronin

Sean Cronin

Sergeant Berman
Alex Enmarch

Alex Enmarch

Nikolay Punin
Ernest Gromov

Ernest Gromov

Officer Vorontsov
Tom Rose

Tom Rose

Gustav Klutsis - Prisoner