Elizaveta Svilova

Берлин

Elizaveta Svilova, Yuli Raizman

Documentary on the fall of the nazi Germany's capital, Berlin, edited and directed by the soviet filmmaker Yelizaveta Svilova

Тебе, фронт!

Elizaveta Svilova, Dziga Vertov

Nurpeis Baiganin

From the start, Vertov made himself known as an irreconcilable enemy of “acted films,” which he regarded as a violation of truth. At the peak of World War II, however, such lofty artistic principles proved impractical. Vertov’s poetic and patriotic For You, Front! is a fiction film with a script and two actors. In a letter to her fiancé, a soldier on the front, Saule asks if there is anything he needs from “our beloved Kazakhstan.” Yes there is, he replies: lead, which can be used to make bullets to kill the enemies of “our beloved country.”

Суд народов

Elizaveta Svilova, Roman Karmen

Francis Biddle, Karl Dönitz

This riveting Russian documentary takes you inside the trials of the notorious German war criminals, brought to trial to account for their actions. The footage includes excerpts from the trials of many of the senior Nazis including Goebels and Goring.

After the Facts

Karen Pearlman

Esfir Shub, Elizaveta Svilova

In the early years of cinema, editors were usually women. This short documentary looks at how they wielded power, and how their work was made invisible.

Освенцим

Elizaveta Svilova

Russian documentary about the liberation of Auschwitz.

Великое прощание

Elizaveta Svilova, Ilya Kopalin

Joseph Stalin, Vyacheslav Molotov

March 9th, 1953. A gray, sad day. Clouds float low over the Kremlin towers. A city that unrecognizably grew, prettier and matured - this Moscow froze in solemn grief. The country escorts its father and leader, Joseph Stalin.

Bukhara

Elizaveta Svilova

Soviet travelouge