2009Documentary1h 29m

Viktor Shklovsky and Roman Jakobson: Life is a Novel

A two-part documentary about the fraught relationship between Russian writer Viktor Shklovsky and émigré linguist Roman Jakobson.

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Viktor Shklovskiy

Viktor Shklovskiy

Self (archive footage)

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Roman Jakobson

Self (archive footage)

Aleksandr Kalyagin

Aleksandr Kalyagin

Viktor Shklovsky (voice)

Sergei Yursky

Sergei Yursky

Roman Jakobson (voice)

Alla Demidova

Alla Demidova

Elsa Triolet (voice)

Aleksandr Bargman

Aleksandr Bargman

Narrator (voice)

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StatusReleased
Original Languageru

Keywords

literaturelinguistrussian history

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