Man with a Movie Camera

Name: Man with a Movie Camera
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1929-05-12
Duration: 68 min
Rating: 5
Cast: Mikhail Kaufman, Elizaveta Svilova

The Greatest Documentary Ever Made

Rating

5.0 (1)

Release Date

5/12/1929

Runtime

68 mins

Genres

Documentary

Overview

A cameraman wanders around with a camera slung over his shoulder, documenting urban life with dazzling inventiveness.

Status

Released

Original Language

Russian

Budget

Revenue

Homepage

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How It Feels

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A dizzying, formally audacious celebration of urban life and the power of cinema itself, where every street corner and mundane gesture becomes a revelation through the cameraman's eye and the editor's hands.

Mood

ExhilaratingWistfulEuphoricContemplative

Themes

Art and creationTechnologyNatureIdentity

Look

Black and whiteDocumentary-likeFormalist

Mikhail Kaufman

The Cameraman

Elizaveta Svilova

Woman Editing Film (uncredited)

Reviews

nicolascagegoons

Aug 27, 2026

Its not a regular movie and tbh it almost doesn't qualify being called a movie but where it doesn't have any narrative or main set of characters,it is still exhillirating to watch.
The editing and the music do the heavy lifiting but i also like what the show,average human things that humans do day in and day out,humans work fast and the editing and music compliment that very well.
Great thing,go watch it