Song of the Rivers

09/17/1954

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1hr 44min

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Documentary

STORY

An allegorical documentary about the workers of the world, whose common destinies and hopes for peace are symbolically united by the rivers that run through their respective lands. The film was shot on the Volga, the Mississippi, the Nile, the Yangtze, the Amazon and the Ganges and combines these images of five continents with the music of Dmitri Shostakovich and the poetry of both Bertolt Brecht and Paul Robeson.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Maximilian Scheer
  • Paul Robeson

    Directors

  • Robert Ménégoz
  • Joris Ivens
  • Joop Huisken

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • DEFA-Studio für Wochenschau und Dokumentarfilme

    Production Countries

  • East Germany
  • Germany

LANGUAGES

  • German