Shackled by Film
About Shackled by Film
An artist's life changes when a ballerina steps out of a film poster and comes to life. Vladimir Mayakovsky wrote the story and appears in the picture, with Lilya Brik.
Cast & crew
More about Shackled by Film
Nikandr Turkin directed. Yevgeny Slavinsky was the cinematographer. The Russian title is Закованная фильмой. Most of the film is gone.
Themes
Look
Yevgeny Slavinsky shot the footage that still exists.
Preservation
Most of the film is lost. Surviving frames have been transferred to Wikimedia Commons.
Notes
- Margerita Kibalchich, Aleksandra Rebikova, Georgy Kruchinin, and David Burlyuk are on the catalog cast list.
- What remains has been gathered as surviving frames.
Scenes
- The ballerina leaves the poster and enters the artist's rooms.