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Lev Sergeyevich Theremin was a pioneering Russian inventor whose eponymous instrument, the thereminvox, revolutionized electronic music; between 1928 and 1938 he enjoyed triumphs in America - sold-out concerts, mass production of his instrument, and high society acclaim - before the Wall Street crash, personal upheavals, and waning fame led to his enigmatic 1938 return to the USSR. Against all expectations, after surviving Stalin’s notorious Magadan labor camp, he resumed work for Soviet secret services and lived on until 1993, passing away at the age of 97.Read moreLess
Lev Sergeyevich Theremin was a pioneering Russian inventor whose eponymous instrument, the thereminvox, revolutionized electronic music; between 1928 and 1938 he enjoyed triumphs in America - sold-out concerts, mass production of his instrument, and high society acclaim - before the Wall Street crash, personal upheavals, and waning fame led to his enigmatic 1938 return to the USSR. Against all expectations, after surviving Stalin’s notorious Magadan labor camp, he resumed work for Soviet secret services and lived on until 1993, passing away at the age of 97.
The story
Lev Sergeyevich Theremin was a pioneering Russian inventor whose eponymous instrument, the thereminvox, revolutionized electronic music; between 1928 and 1938 he enjoyed triumphs in America - sold-out concerts, mass production of his instrument, and high society acclaim - before the Wall Street crash, personal upheavals, and waning fame led to his enigmatic 1938 return to the USSR. Against all expectations, after surviving Stalin’s notorious Magadan labor camp, he resumed work for Soviet secret services and lived on until 1993, passing away at the age of 97.
Cast & crew
Ivan TrojanLev Sergejevič Teremin
David NovotnýGoldberg
Jiří BábekSamuel Hoffman
Martin MyšičkaLucie Rosen
Lenka KrobotováKateřina Teremin
Jaroslav Pleslmoderátor v radiu / Walter Rosen
Pavel Šimčíkpracovník Amtorgu 1
Václav Jiráčekpracovník AmtorguExplore the crew
- Director
- Petr Zelenka
- Director
- Rudolf Tesáček
- Writer
- Petr Zelenka
- Director of Photography
- Peter Beňa
- Editor
- Alice Nussbergerová
- Editor
- Mirko Veselý
- Producer
- Viktor Průša