Dziga VERTOV
Дзига ВЕРТОВ
Dziga VERTOV
USSR, 1926, 53mn 
Black and white, silent, documentary
One Sixth of the World
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Шестая часть мира

 

 La Sixième partie du monde

 shestaya chast mira

 
Directed by : Dziga VERTOV (Дзига ВЕРТОВ)
Writing credits : Dziga VERTOV (Дзига ВЕРТОВ)
Cinematography : Ivan BELIAKOV (Иван БЕЛЯКОВ), S. BENDERSKY (С. БЕНДЕРСКИЙ), Mikhail KAUFMAN (Михаил КАУФМАН), N. KONSTANTINOV (Н. КОНСТАНТИНОВ), Aleksandr LEMBERG (Александр ЛЕМБЕРГ), I. STRUKOV (И. СТРУКОВ), Yakov TOLCHAN (Яков ТОЛЧАН), Pyotr ZOTOV (Пётр ЗОТОВ)
Editing : Yelizaveta SVILOVA (Елизавета СВИЛОВА), Dziga VERTOV (Дзига ВЕРТОВ)
Production : Central Documentary Studio of Russia
Release date in Russia : 1926
 

DVD with subtitles
Editor : Filmmuseum. 2010.
intertitres en russe, sous-titres en anglais et allemand

Plot synopsis
A Sixth Part of the World is Vertov's "state of the USSR report", an extraordinary compilation of images from throughout the Soviet Union that chronicles the spread of the Bolshevik Revolution as well as the technological changes affecting the lives of Soviet citizens. Constructed like a piece of music (a contrapuntal structure, recurring themes, crescendos and diminuendos, prestos and lentos, etc.), A Sixth Part of the World is a film of undiminished power and formal artistry.
Source : www.seagullfilms.com
 

Commentaries and bibliography
1926: One Sixth of the World (Dziga Vertov), Josh ALVISU, sensesofcinema.com, 2017
Dziga Vertov, la Sixième Partie du monde, la Onzième Année | Albrecht Viktor Blum, Leo Lania, Dans l’ombre de la machine, DVD, Edition filmmuseum, 2010, François ALBERA, 1895.revues.org, 2010
 

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- The Golden Age of Soviet Cinema : 1924-1930, kinoglaz.fr (France), 2023
- Fondation Jérôme Seydoux. Octobre 1917, une révolution en images, Paris (France), 2017
- Avant-gardes russes du Centre Pompidou, Paris (France), 2011
- Month of documentaries, Lyon (France), 2008
- Europalia Russia 2005, Brussels (Belgium), 2005

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