Front-line Cameraman

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Front-line Cameraman

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.

Original Title

Фронтовой кинооператор

Release Date

1946-12-31

Year

1946

Duration

20m

Status

Released

Score

2.00

Cast

Leonid Khmara

Leonid Khmara

Narrator (voice)

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Vladimir Sushchinskiy

Self (archive footage)