Dziga Vertov

Biography

Dziga Vertov (born David Abelevich Kaufman) was a Soviet pioneer documentary film and newsreel director, as well as a cinema theorist. His filming practices and theories influenced the cinéma vérité style of documentary movie-making and the Dziga Vertov Group, a radical film-making cooperative which was active from 1968 to 1972. The independent, exploratory style of Vertov influenced and inspired many filmmakers and directors. The Dziga Vertov Group borrowed his name. In 1960, Jean Rouch used Vertov's filming theory when making Chronicle of a Summer. His partner Edgar Morin coined Cinéma vérité term when describing the style, using direct translation of Vertov’s KinoPravda. The Free Cinema movement in the United Kingdom during the 1950s, the Direct Cinema in North America in the late 1950s and early 1960s, and the Candid Eye series in Canada in the 1950s, all essentially owed a debt to Vertov. In the 2012 Sight & Sound poll, critics voted Vertov's Man with a Movie Camera (1929) the 8th best film ever made.

Known for

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For You at the Front!

1942 ⭐ 9.0

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In the Area of Height A

1941 ⭐ 10.0

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Three Heroines

1938 ⭐ 9.5

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Lullaby

1937 ⭐ 6.5

Career timeline

1942

For You at the Front! Notable

1942

⭐ 9.0

1941

In the Area of Height A Notable

1941

⭐ 10.0

1938

Three Heroines Notable

1938

⭐ 9.5

1937

Lullaby

1937

⭐ 6.5

1934

Three Songs About Lenin

1934

⭐ 6.1

1930

Enthusiasm. Symphony of Donbas

1930

⭐ 6.4

1929

Man with a Movie Camera Notable

1929

⭐ 7.8

1928

The Eleventh Year

1928

⭐ 5.9

1926

A Sixth Part of the World

1926

⭐ 6.6

Stride, Soviet!

1926

⭐ 6.2

1925

Kino-Pravda No. 23: Radio Pravda

1925

⭐ 5.4

Kino-Pravda No. 22: Lenin Is Alive in the Heart of the Peasant. A Film Story

1925

⭐ 4.9

Kino-Pravda No. 21: Lenin Kino-Pravda. A Film Poem About Lenin

1925

⭐ 5.5

1924

Kino-Pravda No. 20: Pioneer Pravda

1924

⭐ 5.3

Kino Eye

1924

⭐ 6.7

Kino-Pravda No. 19: A Movie-Camera Race Moscow – Arctic Ocean

1924

⭐ 5.3

1923

Kino-Pravda No. 17

1923

⭐ 5.3

Kino-Pravda No. 16: Spring Pravda. A Lyrical View Newsreel

1923

⭐ 6.2

Kino-Pravda No. 15

1923

⭐ 5.0

1922

Kino-Pravda No. 13: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow. A Film Poem Dedicated to the October Revolution

1922

⭐ 5.3

Kino-Pravda No. 12

1922

⭐ 6.0

Kino-Pravda No. 11

1922

⭐ 4.5

1921

The History of the Civil War

1921

⭐ 4.3

1919

Literaturno-instruktorskiy agitparokhod vtsik 'Krasnaia Zvezda' Notable

1919

⭐ 8.0

The Brain of Soviet Russia

1919

⭐ 5.9

The Exposure of the Relics of Sergius of Radonezh Notable

1919

⭐ 8.1

1918

Anniversary of the Revolution

1918

⭐ 6.8

Full filmography

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For You at the Front!

1942 ⭐ 9.0

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In the Area of Height A

1941 ⭐ 10.0

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Three Heroines

1938 ⭐ 9.5

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Lullaby

1937 ⭐ 6.5

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Three Songs About Lenin

1934 ⭐ 6.1

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Enthusiasm. Symphony of Donbas

1930 ⭐ 6.4

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Man with a Movie Camera

1929 ⭐ 7.8

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The Eleventh Year

1928 ⭐ 5.9

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A Sixth Part of the World

1926 ⭐ 6.6

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Stride, Soviet!

1926 ⭐ 6.2

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Kino-Pravda No. 23: Radio Pravda

1925 ⭐ 5.4

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Kino-Pravda No. 22: Lenin Is Alive in the Heart of the Peasant. A Film Story

1925 ⭐ 4.9

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Kino-Pravda No. 21: Lenin Kino-Pravda. A Film Poem About Lenin

1925 ⭐ 5.5

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Kino-Pravda No. 20: Pioneer Pravda

1924 ⭐ 5.3

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Kino Eye

1924 ⭐ 6.7

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Kino-Pravda No. 19: A Movie-Camera Race Moscow – Arctic Ocean

1924 ⭐ 5.3

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Soviet Toys

1924 ⭐ 5.4

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Kino-Pravda No. 18: A Movie-Camera Race Over 299 Metres and 14 Minutes and 50 Seconds in the Direction of Soviet Reality

1924 ⭐ 5.9

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Lenin's Kino Pravda: Truth in Cinema

1924

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Kino-Pravda No. 17

1923 ⭐ 5.3