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Private Chronicles: Monologue

1999•1h 37m•

★9.0(2 ratings)

Documentary

Overview

The collective life of the generation born as Jurij Gagarin became the first man in space. Vitaly Mansky has woven together a fictional biography – taken from over 5.000 hours of film material, and 20.000 still pictures made for home use. A moving document of the fictional, but nonetheless true life of the generation who grew up in this time of huge change and upheaval.

Director

Vitaly Mansky

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Main Cast

Aleksandr Tsekalo

narrator

Full Crew

Direction

Director: Vitaly Mansky

Music & Sound

Music: Alexei Aigui
Sound Director: Ekaterina Petrakova

Cinematography

Director of Photography: Vitaly Mansky

Keywords

found footagefictional biography

Did You Know?

Movies

Documentary

Private Chronicles: Monologue

1999•1h 37m•

★9.0(2 ratings)

Documentary

Overview

Director

Vitaly Mansky

Watchlist

Main Cast

Aleksandr Tsekalo

narrator

Full Crew

Direction

Director: Vitaly Mansky

Music & Sound

Music: Alexei Aigui
Sound Director: Ekaterina Petrakova

Cinematography

Director of Photography: Vitaly Mansky

Keywords

found footagefictional biography

Did You Know?

The original title is "Частные хроники. Монолог" (RU).

The runtime is 97 minutes (1h 37m).

It was a co-production between: Finland, Russia.

The film was directed by Vitaly Mansky.

Cinematography was handled by Vitaly Mansky.

This title is listed on IMDb as tt0219586.

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Rating

9.0/10

Masterpiece

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Movie Information

Original Title:

Частные хроники. Монолог

Status:

Released

Language:

English, Pусский

Country of Origin:

Finland, Russia

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