Cinerama's Russian Adventure
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Leonid Kristi
Bing Crosby
Bolshoi Theater Ballet
Bolshoi Theater Orchestra
Moscow State Circus
Moiseyev Ensemble
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Following an introduction by Bing Crosby, the Cinerama screen widens for scenes of landscapes, cities, peoples, and entertainments of the Soviet Union. Highlights include Moscow's historic buildings and churches, including the Kremlin, its subway and streets, a spring carnival, the seaside resorts on the Black Sea, a trip down the Volga River, skiers, a troika racing along a snow-covered road, a helicopter view of the North Pole, an Antarctic whale hunt, the capture of a wild boar in the Moyun-Kum of Central Asia, a race by reindeer-drawn sleds, divers in the Sea of Okhotsk, battling an octopus, the capture of antelope, rafting logs down the Tisza River, and the development of new towns in Siberia. Other scenes include a visit to the Moscow Circus, where the renowned clown Oleg Popov performs, the dancing of the Moiseyev and Piatnitsky companies, and excerpts from the repertoire of the Bolshoi Theater Ballet.
Directors
Leonid Kristi
Roman Karmen
Boris Dolin
Oleg Lebedev
Solomon Kogan
Vasiliy Katanyan
V. Komissarzhevskiy
Cast
Bing Crosby
Bolshoi Theater Ballet
Bolshoi Theater Orchestra
Moscow State Circus
Moiseyev Ensemble
Piatnitsky State Chorus And Dance Ensemble
Crew
Thomas Conroy
Harold J. Dennis
E. Ezov
J. Jay Frankel
J. Jay Frankel
Nikolay Generalov
Ilya Gutman
Georgiy Kholnyy
Anatoliy Koloshin
Aleksandr Lokshin
Homer Mccoy
Sergey Medynskiy
A. Missyura
V. Ryklin
Ilya Shveytser
Vladimir Vorontsov
William E. Wild
Yuriy Yefimov
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Notes
This is a U. S. compilation of footage included in a number of Soviet Kinopanorama releases, including Shiroka strana moya ... (produced in 1957 by the Moscow Popular Science Studio, 90 min), Volshebnoye zerkalo (produced in 1958 by the Central Documentary Film Studio, ca140 min), Chas neozhidannykh puteshestviy. V polyote na vertolyote (produced in 1960 by the Central Documentary Film Studio, ca100 min), Chetvyortaya programma panoramnykh filmov: "Tsirkovoye predstavleniye" i "Na Krasnoy ploshchadi" (produced in 1961 by the Central Documentary Film Studio, ca100 min), Udivitelnaya okhota (produced in 1961 by the Moscow Popular Science Studio, 78 min), SSSR s otkrytym serdtsem (produced in 1961 by the Moscow Popular Science Studio), and V Antarktiku za kitami. Shown in the U. S. in Cinerama and 70mm. Longer running time May include an overture and intermission.
