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The Eleventh Year is a 1928 Soviet silent documentary directed by Dziga Vertov and produced in Ukraine. Made to mark the eleventh anniversary of the October Revolution, it assembles images of mines, factories, hydroelectric construction, and workers to portray industrial transformation under Soviet rule. Its rhythmic editing and emphasis on machinery anticipate techniques Vertov developed further in Man with a Movie Camera.
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What is Dziga Vertov's The Eleventh Year about?
The Eleventh Year is a 1928 Soviet silent documentary made to mark the eleventh anniversary of the October Revolution. It assembles footage of mines, factories, hydroelectric construction, and workers in Ukraine to depict the industrial transformation of the Soviet republic.
How is The Eleventh Year related to Man with a Movie Camera?
The Eleventh Year was made one year before Dziga Vertov's most famous work, Man with a Movie Camera (1929), and both films employ similar avant-garde montage techniques. Both were produced during Vertov's period working in Ukraine, where he developed his kino-eye documentary approach.
Where was The Eleventh Year produced?
The Eleventh Year was produced in Soviet Ukraine by VUFKU, the Ukrainian state film organization that was the primary film studio in Soviet Ukraine during the 1920s. Vertov worked within this Ukrainian studio system alongside other avant-garde Soviet filmmakers of the era.
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