Farewell, America!

An unfinished film by Oleksandr Dovzhenko, the film is a political lampoon based on the book entitled The Truth about US Diplomats, written in 1949 by the American writer Annabel Bukar. It exposes the underhanded actions of US Embassy personnel in Moscow at the onset of the Cold War. Dovzhenko managed to shoot only a half of the film, mainly the scenes that take place in the American Embassy.

Director: Oleksandr Dovzhenko

Cast: Liliya Gritsenko, Nikolai Gritsenko, Yuri Lyubimov, Lyudmila Shagalova, Grigoriy Shpigel, Gotlib Roninson, Yan Yanakiyev, Rostislav Yurenev

Audience-only score — full critic data not yet in the ReelXO vault.