Revolution: New Art for a New World

The story

Drawing on the collections of major Russian institutions, contributions from contemporary artists, curators and performers and personal testimony from the descendants of those involved, the film brings the artists of the Russian Avant-Garde to life. It tells the stories of artists like Chagall, Kandinsky and Malevich - pioneers who flourished in response to the challenge of building a new art for a new world, only to be broken by implacable authority after 15 short years and silenced by Stalin's Socialist Realism.

Cast & crew

Tom HollanderKazimir Malevich (voice)

Matthew MacfadyenVladimir Lenin (voice)

Eleanor TomlinsonLyubov Popova (voice)

James FleetWassily Kandinsky (voice)

Daisy BevanVarvara Stepanova (voice)

Sean CroninSergeant Berman

Alex Enmarch

Alex EnmarchNikolay Punin

Ernest GromovOfficer Vorontsov

Tom Rose

Tom RoseGustav Klutsis - Prisoner

Andrei KonchalovskySelf

Mikhail Piotrovsky

Mikhail PiotrovskySelf

Zelfira Tregulova

Zelfira TregulovaSelf