1954
5.0 (2 votes)
1h 44m
Genres
Documentary
Production Companies
DEFA-Studio für Wochenschau und Dokumentarfilme
Song of the Rivers (Lied der Ströme)
Overview
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.
Key Crew
Director: Robert Ménégoz, Joop Huisken, Joris Ivens
Writer: Joris Ivens, Vladimir Pozner, Bertolt Brecht, Paul Robeson
Director of Photography: Erich Nitzschmann
