Letter from Siberia

Category: Movies •

Genre: Documentary •

Rating: 6.8

Director: Chris Marker,

Writer:

Cast: Georges Rouquier,

Language: fr

Country: France, French Republic

Release Date: May 16, 1957

Plot: One of Chris Marker's earliest documentaries (1957) and probably one of his best, the hour-long Letter From Siberia mixes new and found footage with inventive commentary, and is especially memorable for a passage in which footage is repeated while the offscreen commentary transforms its meaning with a different ideological interpretation. It is perhaps the earliest example we have of Marker's inimitable essayistic manner, hence an indispensable work.