Life and Death of Pushkin

The film constructs a biography through a strict, almost chronicle-like montage of key episodes, relying on the poet's image already cemented in the public consciousness. Each scene is a recognizable engraving brought to life on film.

What lingers after viewing is a sense of touching cinema's infancy, where historical fidelity of gesture and costume was valued above psychological depth. It is a cinematic monument captured at the dawn of the art form. — MovieFinder Editorial