The Last Bolshevik

1993 · 121 MIN · IMDB 7.8 · 748 VOTES · DIR. Chris Marker

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Overview

A documentary on Soviet filmmaker Aleksandr Medvedkin, examining his tumultuous career, the rediscovery of his masterpiece Happiness, and Russia's struggles over the course of the 20th Century.

Dialogue Timeline — 808 lines

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00:00:05 In association with
00:06:55 I can assure you of one thing:
00:08:51 It was very strange.
00:11:05 This may explain...
00:17:10 The Red Cavalry
00:19:46 Comrade Ivanov is in the hall:
00:24:02 SECOND LETTER
00:26:47 appeared on the screen and made meaningful and eloquent sense.
00:36:44 Absorbing it mentally in a flash: Two!
00:44:07 The essential thing in a film studio
00:46:30 its sentimental lyre
00:50:21 and we were very strict.
00:52:52 was that the imperialist regime had the power to commandeer crops.
01:07:17 the logic of the bureaucrat who is responsible for creative projects.
01:09:39 Babel couldn't condone such a thing.
01:15:32 They'd be cheaper
01:17:40 the "Block" leaders
01:23:59 You heard him, he pleaded guilty.
01:28:35 He admitted they'd been terrible years
01:31:52 So I changed my clothes and went to work.
01:37:22 This may be the only working example of Medvedkin's camera
01:39:54 It came from here.
01:53:02 as we say: "There's always a friend on guard"...
01:56:29 He was what he was.

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed808
Dialogue density6.7 lines / min
First line00:00:05
Final line01:56:29

Production Record

DirectorChris Marker
LanguageFrench
IMDb votes748