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Viktor Shklovsky and Roman Jakobson: Life is a Novel

2009 · 89 min · Documentary

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

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Creators

Vladimir Nepevny — Director

Top cast

Viktor Shklovskiy portraitViktor ShklovskiySelf (archive footage)RRoman JakobsonSelf (archive footage)Aleksandr Kalyagin portraitAleksandr KalyaginViktor Shklovsky (voice)Sergei Yursky portraitSergei YurskyRoman Jakobson (voice)Alla Demidova portraitAlla DemidovaElsa Triolet (voice)Aleksandr Bargman portraitAleksandr BargmanNarrator (voice)

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