Front-line Cameraman (1946)

A tribute to Soviet cameraman Vladimir Sushchinsky, killed in the liberation of Breslau in 1945, featuring his funeral and final footage by fallen colleagues. The film honors the 252 front-line cameramen of the Central Documentary Film Studio, one in five of whom died while recording the war, leaving behind millions of meters of film and hundreds of newsreels as a lasting record of the conflict.

Released Dec. 31, 1946 20 min None+

Genres: Documentary, Short, War

Keywords: mdblist.two-actors, mdblist.imdb-short, imdb.year-1946, imdb.1940s, imdb.20th-century, aspectratio.1-37-1

Production Companies: Central Studio for Documentary Film

Country: Soviet Union
Production Country: Soviet Union
Languages: Russian