Anna Akhmatova (1889-1966) - Muse of Keening
Anna Akhmatova (1889-1966) - Muse of Keening

Anna Akhmatova (1889-1966) - Muse of Keening

2011-11-27| 18 min

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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