235 000 000
Reflections of Time: Baltic Poetic Documentary 2018 / 235 000 000 / Latvia 1967
The most ambitious work of the 1960s, 235 000 000 was made on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the 1917 Revolution. The film was made without any off-screen commentary, allowing images to speak for themselves to musical accompaniment. The resulting work is an emotional and visually attractive portrait of timeless moments in human life.
Synopsis
The most ambitious work of the 1960s, 235 000 000 was made on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the 1917 Revolution, and it is an unusual jubilee film. It was made without any off-screen commentary, allowing images to speak for themselves to the accompaniment of music. The picture has two main narrative and musical themes: human life and significant state events. These were documented by four production units traveling across the USSR that were guided by a field manual put together by scriptwriter Herz Frank and director Uldis Brauns (a disciple of Dziga Vertov). The resulting film is an emotional and visually attractive portrait of timeless moments in human life.
Zane Balčus
About the film
106 min / Black & white, DCP
Director Uldis Brauns
/ Screenplay Herz Frank
/ Dir. of Photography Rihards Pīks, Valdis Kroģis, Ralfs Krūmiņš
/ Music Raimonds Pauls
/ Editor Ērika Meškovska
/ Production Riga Film Studio
/ Sales National Film Centre of Latvia
About the director
Uldis Brauns (1932–2017). Selected filmography: The Beginning (Sākums, 1961), The Building (Celtne, 1962), The Worker (Strādnieks,1963), 235 000 000 (1967), Motorcycle Summer (Motociklu vasara, 1975), A Trip to Earth (Ceļojums uz zemi,1977), Goodbye, XXth Century (Ardievu, XX gadsimt!, 2005)
Contacts
National Film Centre of Latvia
Peitavas street 10, LV - 1050, Riga
Latvia
Phone: +371 673 588 78, +371 673 588 66
Fax: + 371 673 588 77
E-mail: nkc@nkc.gov.lv
Guests
Dita Rietuma
Film Institution Rep.
