100 years of Russian Cinema

The Russian Archive Cinema Season (1908 -1925) will be showing in London on the 3rd, 10th & 24th February 2008 at the Curzon Mayfair, 38 Curzon St, London W1
Tickets: 0871 703 3989
www.curzoncinemas.com

The highlight for animation fans will be The Cameraman’s Revenge, showing at noon on the 24th Feb. Directed by Wladyslaw Starewicz, this 12 minute long animation dates from 1912.
It’s the earliest Russian animated film, and is a deliberation over the rôle of cinema.

It will be followed by the first Soviet Sci-Fi film, Aelita, Queen of Mars. (click the thumbnail image above to see a bigger picture of Aelita)

Aelita, Queen of Mars will be accompanied by a special score composed and performed by S.Letov and A.Borisov. They will be joined by Lydia Kavine playing Theremin-vox, a unique musical instrument invented in Soviet Russia.

There are many other rare gems in the programme here

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