Viktor Shklovsky and Roman Jakobson: Life is a Novel

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2009-07-01

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

Cast

Viktor Shklovskiy

Self (archive footage)

Roman Jakobson

Self (archive footage)

Aleksandr Kalyagin

Viktor Shklovsky (voice)

Sergei Yursky

Roman Jakobson (voice)

Alla Demidova

Elsa Triolet (voice)

Aleksandr Bargman

Narrator (voice)

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Viktor Shklovsky and Roman Jakobson: Life is a Novel

Cast

Viktor Shklovskiy

Self (archive footage)

Roman Jakobson

Self (archive footage)

Aleksandr Kalyagin

Viktor Shklovsky (voice)

Sergei Yursky

Roman Jakobson (voice)

Alla Demidova

Elsa Triolet (voice)

Aleksandr Bargman

Narrator (voice)

Similar Movies

The Capote Tapes

James Joyce's 'Ulysses'

Franz Kafka's 'The Trial'

Roald Dahl's Most Marvellous Book

Lenin and the Other Story of the Russian Revolution

Flannery

The Art of Joy by Goliarda Sapienza: Writing for Emancipation

The Village Detective: A Song Cycle

Milan Kundera: From the Joke to Insignificance

Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage

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