Letter from Siberia

Letter from Siberia

62 mins | Documentary | May 16, 1957

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.

Letter from Siberia

62 mins | Documentary | May 16, 1957

Letter from Siberia
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.
IMDb rating 7.4
Producers
Original title Lettre de Sibérie
Directors Chris Marker
Writers

Cast

Georges Rouquier

as Narrator