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Song of the Rivers

Song of the Rivers

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Status

Released

Release Date

Sep 17, 1954

Runtime

1h 44m

Genres

Documentary

User Score

50%

Original Title

Lied der Ströme

Production Companies

DEFA-Studio für Wochenschau und Dokumentarfilme

Director

Robert Ménégoz

Description

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.