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06/01/1974 Documentary 2h 0m
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Overview

Originally called World '68, later retitled The World of Today Romm’s film was conceived as an impassioned, large-scale essay on the origins of the 20th century and the subsequent reality the disappointed director felt slipping away from him. The film itself slipped away from him and was left unfinished at the time of his death. His younger colleagues, Marlen Khutsiev, Elem Klimov and German Lavrov, completed the film from the elements he left behind in addition to segments from Ordinary Fascism, closing the film with Romm’s ultimately optimistic outlook: "And still I believe that man is sensible..."

  1. Aleksandr Novogrudsky

    Writer

  2. Mikhail Romm

    Writer, Director

  3. Solomon Zenin

    Writer

  4. Marlen Khutsiyev

    Director

  5. Elem Klimov

    Director

  6. German Lavrov

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Mikhail Romm

    himself

  2. Albert Einstein

    (archive footage)

  3. Raymond Poincaré

    Self (archive footage)

  4. Woodrow Wilson

    (archive footage)

  5. Zhou Enlai

    (archive footage)

  6. View more

Full Cast & Crew

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Status
Released

Original Language
Russian

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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