The First Oscar
2021 · Dir. Sergey Mokritsky
Based on a unique true story, “The First Oscar” tells about the filming of the first Academy Award-winning film from Russia — a documentary titled “Moscow Strikes Back,” shot in the trenches by a dozen student cinematographers in 1942, in the midst of World War II. In Hollywood, producer David Selznick had to stand against his powerful father-in-law Louis B. Mayer to introduce a new award category for Best Documentary and lobby for this new Oscar to be awarded to a film from an “enemy” country.
- Released
- 2021-05-27
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Language
- RU
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Tikhon Zhiznevsky
Ivan Mayskiy
Anton Momot
Andrey Merzlikin
Ilya Kopalin
Darya Zhovner
Nikita Tarasov
Varlamov
Vasiliy Mishchenko
studio manager
Mikhail Brashinsky
Lev's father
Aleksey Kolgan
Joseph Stalin
Stanislav Strelkov
Lev Malishava
Petr Akimov
Michael Lerner
Louis Burt Mayer
