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 Magnitogorsk: forging the new man
 dir: Pieter Jan Smit |
DOCUMENTARY
History
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| year |
1996 |
| running time |
60' and 57' |
| director |
Pieter Jan Smit |
| photography |
Peter Brugman |
| producer |
Leon Paquay |
| co-producers |
A Viewpoint Production co-produced by RVU Television, with the support of the Dutch Cultural Broadcasting Promotion Fund, Co-production Fund and Thuiskopie Fund. |
| original format |
Super 16mm |
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language
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Russian |
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subtitles
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Dutch and English versions |
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voice-over
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Yes |
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first screening
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International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) 1996 |
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festivals
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International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) 1996, Mediawave '97, the International Festival of Visual Arts, Gyor, Hungary, the Dutch Film Festival 1997 and the International Film Festival, Valladolid, Spain 1997 (2nd prize). |
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television broadcasts
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Broadcast in the Netherlands by RVU Television. |
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logline
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The Magnitogorsk blast-furnaces were a Stalinist model of heroic industry, celebrated in Joris Ivens' film Song of the heroes (1932). What has become of those largely forced labourers who forged the steel city? |
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