Song of the Rivers (1954)

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.

Released Sept. 17, 1954 104 min None+

Genres: Documentary

Keywords: mdblist.two-actors, imdb.compilation, imdb.world

Production Companies: DEFA-Studio für Dokumentarfilme

Country: Germany
Languages: German