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The Magic Beam

The Magic Beam

19631h 20m

Overview

“The Magic Beam” is a film essay woven together from newsreels and documentary material from different decades, fragments of hundreds of non-fiction and fiction Soviet films of the 1910s-1960s.

Directed by Leonid Makhnach
Written by Roman Karmen, Aleksandr Novogrudsky
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Top Cast

Vladimir Lenin

Vladimir Lenin

Self (archive footage)

Sergei Eisenstein

Sergei Eisenstein

Self (archive footage)

Eduard Tisse

Eduard Tisse

Self (archive footage)

Boris Babochkin

Boris Babochkin

Self (archive footage)

Sergey Vasilev

Sergey Vasilev

Self (archive footage)

Georgi Vasilyev

Georgi Vasilyev

Self (archive footage)

Ilya Trauberg

Ilya Trauberg

Self (archive footage)

Grigori Kozintsev

Grigori Kozintsev

Self (archive footage)

Vsevolod Pudovkin

Vsevolod Pudovkin

Self (archive footage)

Fridrikh Ermler

Fridrikh Ermler

Self (archive footage)

About The Magic Beam

The Magic Beam is a documentary film released in 1963. Directed by Leonid Makhnach, it stars Vladimir Lenin, Sergei Eisenstein, Eduard Tisse. “The Magic Beam” is a film essay woven together from newsreels and documentary material from different decades, fragments of hundreds of non-fiction and fiction Soviet films of the 1910s-1960s.

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