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In2018,IDFAscreenedDzigaVertov’slong-lostdocumentaryAnniversaryoftheRevolution(1918).ButtherewasyetanotherlostmasterpiecebythispioneerofSovietcinema.In1921,VertoveditedTheHistoryoftheCivilWar,inwhichhetoldthestoryoftheyearswhentheBolsheviksstruggledtodefeatdomesticoppositiontotherevolution.<br/> ItmusthavebeenagreatadventureforVertov.Hefilmedstreetfights,attendedmilitarytribunals,andlayintrenches.Whereverhewenthefounddevastation,damagedinfrastructure,andbodiesbeingcollectedonthestreets.Thisisanunvarnishedrecordofacountryinchaos,markedbyunstablealliancesandbrutalviolence.Soit’sunderstandablethatthefilm’sproducersdecidednottoreleaseitatall.<br/> TheHistoryoftheCivilWarhasonlybeenscreenedoncebefore,in1921.NikolaiIzvolovusedhistoricalrecordstoreconstructtheoriginalsilentfilmfromarchivematerialandcommissionedanewsoundtrack.
