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 rÃ´le 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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