MOSCOW 57
Specials
His role as founder of the Munich student newspaper PROFIL earned Peter Schamoni an invitation to Moscow for the 6th World Festival of Youth and Students in 1957. He persuaded Jost Vacano, a film student, to join him, then set off armed with a borrowed tape recorder and rolls of film. Schamoni returned two weeks later with highly interesting, uncensored footage. His documentary MOSCOW 57 won the Photokina prize in the “Jugend filmt” competition for young film amateurs, caused a furore at the international film seminar held at the 7th World Festival in Vienna, and inspired the Russian student Renita Grigoryeva to respond with her own film WIENER WALD.
MOSKAU 57 / MOSKAU 57
DEU 1957 / 57 min
Director: Peter Schamoni
- Cinematographer: Jost Vacano
His role as founder of the Munich student newspaper PROFIL earned Peter Schamoni an invitation to Moscow for the 6th World Festival of Youth and Students in 1957. He persuaded Jost Vacano, a film student, to join him, then set off armed with a borrowed tape recorder and rolls of film. Schamoni returned two weeks later with highly interesting, uncensored footage. His documentary MOSCOW 57 won the Photokina prize in the “Jugend filmt” competition for young film amateurs, caused a furore at the international film seminar held at the 7th World Festival in Vienna, and inspired the Russian student Renita Grigoryeva to respond with her own film WIENER WALD.
- Cinematographer: Jost Vacano