Song of the Rivers

An allegorical documentary about the workers of the world, whose common destinies and hopes for peace are symbolically united by the rivers that run through their respective lands. The film was shot on the Volga, the Mississippi, the Nile, the Yangtze, the Amazon and the Ganges and combines these images of five continents with the music of Dmitri Shostakovich and the poetry of both Bertolt Brecht and Paul Robeson.

Genre:

Documentary

Duration:

104 min

Cast:

Maximilian Scheer, Paul Robeson

Quality:

HD

Director:

Robert Ménégoz, Joris Ivens, Joop Huisken

Release:

1954

Country:

East Germany, Germany

Rating:

6.3