Anna Akhmatova (1889-1966) - Muse of Keening (2011)
• November 27th, 2011 • 0h 18min
Documentary
Overview
A short film by Barry Lowe and Dino Mahoney, starring Pauline Burton as Anna. The film is an introduction to the great Soviet era modernist poet, Anna Akhmatova; shot in winter in Saint Petersburg (Leningrad), it contains rare interviews with people who knew her, academics, and dramatized readings of some of her poems.
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