Three Songs About Lenin, Russian: Три песни о Ленине, 1934, documentary silent film, by Dziga Vertov

Three Songs About Lenin (Russian: Три песни о Ленине, 1934) is a documentary silent film by Ukrainian-Russian filmmaker Dziga Vertov. It is based on three admiring songs sung by anonymous people in Soviet Russia about Vladimir Ilyich Lenin. It is made up of 3 episodes and is 57 minutes long. In 1969 it was re-edited by Elizaveta Svilova, Ilya Kopalin and Serafima Pumpyanskaya as part of the 1970 Lenin centenary. Storyline Three anonymous songs about Lenin provide the basis for this documentary that celebrates the achievements of the Soviet Union and Lenin's role in creating them. Three Songs About,Три песни о Ленине, Directed bymDziga Vertov Written by Dziga Vertov Cinematography Mark Magidson, Bentsion Monastyrsky, Dmitri Surensky Distributed by Amkino Corporation (USA) (1934) Release date 1934 Running time 57 minutes Country Soviet Union Language Silent film