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Song of the Rivers (1954)
Directed by Robert Ménégoz, Joris Ivens, Joop Huisken
Documentary · 1h 44m
An allegorical documentary about the workers of the world, whose common destinies and hopes for peace are symbolically united by the rivers that run through their respective lands. The film was shot on the Volga, the Mississippi, the Nile, the Yangtze, the Amazon and the Ganges and combines these images of five continents with the music of Dmitri Shostakovich and the poetry of both Bertolt Brecht and Paul Robeson.
Cast
Paul Robeson
Crew
- Director
- Robert Ménégoz, Joris Ivens, Joop Huisken
- Writer
- Vladimir Pozner, Joris Ivens, Bertolt Brecht, Paul Robeson
- Director of Photography
- Erich Nitzschmann
- Editor
- Ella Ensink
Details
- Original title
- Lied der Ströme
- Release date
- 1954-09-17
- Runtime
- 1h 44m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- DE
- Spoken languages
- German
- Countries
- East Germany, Germany
- Production
- DEFA-Studio für Dokumentarfilme