Man with a Movie Camera
“The Greatest Documentary Ever Made”
A cameraman wanders around with a camera slung over his shoulder, documenting urban life with dazzling inventiveness.
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Cast
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Dziga Vertov Director · Mikhail Kaufman Cinematographer Gleb Troyanski Cinematographer
United States release May 12, 1929 · Produced in Russia, Ukraine · Original title Человек с киноаппаратом
Production
VUFKU
Production
Russia · Ukraine
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Languages
Original title
Человек с киноаппаратом
Original language
Russian
Spoken on screen
No dialogue
Release dates
Russia · January 8, 1929
Premiere · Kiev
United States · May 12, 1929
Limited theatrical
United States · May 13, 2003
Physical · DVD
Russia · May 22, 2025
Theatrical · Restored Original Copy, K24
United States
September 16, 1929 · Premiere · New York City, New York
October 13, 1969 · Premiere · Museum Of Modern Art, New York
October 12, 2009 · Premiere · Indie Memphis Film Festival
July 18, 2010 · Premiere · San Francisco Silent Film Festival
September 30, 2014 · Premiere · Milwaukee Film Festival
January 2, 2015 · Physical · Blu-ray
April 13, 2017 · Premiere · San Francisco International Film Festival
February 16, 2021 · Physical · Blu-ray
Australia
February 15, 2006 · Physical · DVD
Brazil
September 28, 2005 · Premiere · Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival
Canada
February 16, 2021 · Physical · Blu-ray
Czechia
January 12, 2023 · Theatrical
Denmark
November 15, 2012 · Theatrical
France
July 1, 1929 · Premiere · Paris
September 14, 2012 · Premiere · L'Étrange Festival
December 5, 2014 · Physical · Blu-ray
October 28, 2015 · Theatrical · New Restoration
Germany
July 1, 1929 · Premiere
July 9, 2015 · Premiere · Arsenal Cinema, Berlin
Greece
April 19, 2012 · Theatrical
March 12, 2024 · Premiere · Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival
Italy
November 23, 1967 · Premiere · Rome
September 1, 1972 · Premiere · Grado Film Festival
October 14, 1995 · Premiere · Pordenone Silent Film Festival
Mexico
December 2, 2016 · Limited theatrical · BESTIA Festival
Netherlands
September 25, 1931 · Premiere · Rotterdam
Portugal
April 21, 2016 · Theatrical · New Restoration
Russia
April 9, 1929 · Premiere · Moscow
Russia
May 13, 2003 · Physical · DVD
April 19, 2024 · Premiere · Restored Original Copy, Moscow International Film Festival
May 30, 2024 · Premiere · Restored Original Copy, St. Petersburg Cinema House
Serbia
June 16, 2024 · Premiere · Restored Original Copy, Nitrate Film Festival
Spain
March 21, 2007 · Physical · DVD
January 3, 2021 · Physical · Blu-ray
Sweden
February 9, 1996 · Premiere · Göteborg Film Festival
United Kingdom
January 1, 1931 · Premiere · London
August 23, 1977 · Premiere · Edinburgh International Film Festival
July 10, 2000 · Physical · DVD
May 27, 2003 · Physical · DVD
January 26, 2010 · Physical · DVD
July 27, 2015 · Physical · Blu-ray
July 31, 2015 · Theatrical · New Restoration, British Film Institute
April 18, 2016 · Physical · New Restoration, British Film Institute
Uruguay
December 19, 2015 · Theatrical · New Restoration
XC
January 1, 1932 · Premiere · Prague
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