Front-line Cameraman

Front-line Cameraman 1946

A tribute to Soviet cameraman Vladimir Sushchinsky, killed in the liberation of Breslau in 1945, featuring his funeral and final footage by fallen colleagues. The film honors the 252 front-line cameramen of the Central Documentary Film Studio, one in five of whom died while recording the war, leaving behind millions of meters of film and hundreds of newsreels as a lasting record of the conflict.

  • Released: 1946-12-31
  • Runtime: 20 minutes
  • Genre: War, Documentary
  • Stars: Leonid Khmara, Vladimir Sushchinskiy
  • Director: Maria Slavinskaya