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Movie poster for Viktor Shklovsky and Roman Jakobson: Life is a Novel (2009)

Viktor Shklovsky and Roman Jakobson: Life is a Novel

2009

1h 29m

Director: Vladimir Nepevny

Writer: Vladimir Nepevny

Overview

A two-part documentary about the fraught relationship between Russian writer Viktor Shklovsky and émigré linguist Roman Jakobson.

Cast

Photo of Viktor Shklovskiy as Self (archive footage)

Viktor Shklovskiy

Self (archive footage)

Roman Jakobson

Self (archive footage)

Photo of Aleksandr Kalyagin as Viktor Shklovsky (voice)

Aleksandr Kalyagin

Viktor Shklovsky (voice)

Photo of Sergei Yursky as Roman Jakobson (voice)

Sergei Yursky

Roman Jakobson (voice)

Photo of Alla Demidova as Elsa Triolet (voice)

Alla Demidova

Elsa Triolet (voice)

Photo of Aleksandr Bargman as Narrator (voice)

Aleksandr Bargman

Narrator (voice)

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