Anna Akhmatova (1889-1966) - Muse of Keening

Anna Akhmatova (1889-1966) - Muse of Keening

 

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0h 18m 2011 HD

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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