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Viktor Shklovsky and Roman Jakobson: Life is a Novel

Vladimir Nepevny

2009 • 1h 29m

A two-part documentary about the fraught relationship between Russian writer Viktor Shklovsky and émigré linguist Roman Jakobson.

Viktor Shklovsky and Roman Jakobson: Life is a Novel

Cast

Viktor Shklovskiy

Viktor ShklovskiySelf (archive footage)

Roman JakobsonSelf (archive footage)

Aleksandr Kalyagin

Aleksandr KalyaginViktor Shklovsky (voice)

Sergei Yursky

Sergei YurskyRoman Jakobson (voice)

Alla Demidova

Alla DemidovaElsa Triolet (voice)

Aleksandr Bargman

Aleksandr BargmanNarrator (voice)

Crew

Vladimir Nepevny

Vladimir NepevnyDirector