Front-line Cameraman

Front-line Cameraman

20% | Dec 31, 1946 | War, Documentary

A tribute to Soviet cameraman Vladimir Sushchinsky, killed in the liberation of Breslau in 1945, featuring his funeral and final footage by fallen colleagues. The film honors the 252 front-line cameramen of the Central Documentary Film Studio, one in five of whom died while recording the war, leaving behind millions of meters of film and hundreds of newsreels as a lasting record of the conflict.

Featured Cast

Vladimir Sushchinskiy
Camera Operator
Maria Slavinskaya
Director

Cast

Narrator (voice)
Leonid Khmara
Narrator (voice)
Self (archive footage)
Vladimir Sushchinskiy
Self (archive footage)

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