And Still I Believe

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..."

Details

Status

Released

Release date

January 6, 1974

Original language

Russian

Spoken languages

German, Russian, English, French

Countries

Soviet Union

Production

Mosfilm,Tvorcheskoe Obedinenie "Tovarishch"

Cast

Zhou Enlai,Albert Einstein,Mikhail Romm,Woodrow Wilson,Raymond Poincaré

Director

Mikhail Romm,German Lavrov,Marlen Khutsiyev,Elem Klimov

Writer

Mikhail Romm,Aleksandr Novogrudsky,Solomon Zenin

Producer

Fabian Mogilevskiy

Cinematography

German Lavrov

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0174769