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Phonograph (2016)
Director: Kirill Serebrennikov
Cast: German Lavrovskiy, Vadim Zhuravlyov, Larisa Morozova, Olga Dobrina
Runtime7 min
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Yuli Ivanovich Blok is a music lover and enthusiast of early sound recording, who in 1889 was the first to bring Edison's phonograph to Russia, came up with the idea to record the great pianist Anton Rubinstein's playing on a phonograph. But the pianist flatly refused to sign up. Then those present, among whom was Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, just started messing around with the device, recording everything that comes to mind. The film is based on a famous case that occurred in January 1890.
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Phonograph (2016) is a critically acclaimed drama film directed by Kirill Serebrennikov. Based on a famous case from 1890, the film dramatizes the first attempts to record the great pianist Anton Rubinstein on an early phonograph device. While Rubinstein refused to participate, the film depicts the recording of other impromptu performances by those present, including Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
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Phonograph (2016) directed by Kirill Serebrennikov is a fascinating drama that brings to life a little-known moment in music history. With its focus on the early days of sound recording and the interactions between pioneering artists like Tchaikovsky, the film offers a unique window into a bygone era and the creative passions that drove it. Fans of character-driven period pieces and the intersection of art and technology will particularly enjoy this thoughtful, well-acted exploration.
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A phonograph, later called a gramophone, and since the 1940s a record player, or more recently a turntable, is a device for the mechanical and analogue reproduction of sound.
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