Mikhail Kaufman

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Mikhail Kaufman
Mikhail Kaufman mounting camera on a train, 1929
Stenberg brothers, In Spring, poster, 1930.

Mikhail Abramovich Kaufman (Михаил Абрамович Кауфман; 1897 – March 11, 1980) was a cinematographer, documentary filmmaker, experimental photographer, and member of the Kinoks collective. He was the younger brother of filmmaker Dziga Vertov (Denis Kaufman) and the older brother of cinematographer Boris Kaufman.

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  • Moscow, 1927
  • In Spring, 1929. A poetic film about Kyiv.
  • An Unprecedented Campaign, 1931. Depicts collectivization in Ukraine shortly before the tragedy of Holodomor.

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