Front-line Cameraman
A tribute to Soviet cameraman Vladimir Sushchinsky, killed in the liberation of Breslau in 1945, featuring his funeral and final footage by fallen colleagues. The film honors the 252 front-line cameramen of the Central Documentary Film Studio, one in five of whom died while recording the war, leaving behind millions of meters of film and hundreds of newsreels as a lasting record of the conflict.
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Maria Slavinskaya Director · Zinaida Ginzburg Writer Vladimir Sushchinskiy Cinematographer
First release December 31, 1946 · Produced in Russia · Original title Фронтовой кинооператор
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Central Studio of Documentary Films
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Russia
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Original title
Фронтовой кинооператор
Original language
Russian
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Russian
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Russia · December 31, 1946
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