Viktor Shklovsky and Roman Jakobson: Life is a Novel

Name: Viktor Shklovsky and Roman Jakobson: Life is a Novel
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2025-07-02
Duration: 1 hr 29 min
Cast: Viktor Shklovskiy, Roman Jakobson, Aleksandr Kalyagin, Sergei Yursky, Alla Demidova

Movie

NR 1 hr 29 minDocumentary

A two-part documentary about the fraught relationship between Russian writer Viktor Shklovsky and émigré linguist Roman Jakobson.

StarringViktor ShklovskiyRoman JakobsonAleksandr Kalyagin

DirectorVladimir Nepevny

WriterVladimir Nepevny

Movie Details Full Cast & Crew

Movie Details

Original Language:Russian

Production Companies:GTRK Kultura

Movie Tags:

literature russian history linguist

Cast & Crew

Viktor Shklovskiy

as Self (archive footage)

Roman Jakobson

as Self (archive footage)

Aleksandr Kalyagin

as Viktor Shklovsky (voice)

Sergei Yursky

as Roman Jakobson (voice)

Alla Demidova

as Elsa Triolet (voice)

Aleksandr Bargman

as Narrator (voice)

Vladimir Nepevny

Director

Vladimir Nepevny

Writer

Evgeny Goncharuk

Director of Photography

Vladimir Nepevny

Editor