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An allegorical documentary about the workers of the world, whose common destinies and hopes for peace are symbolically united by the rivers that run through their respective lands. The film was shot on the Volga, the Mississippi, the Nile, the Yangtze, the Amazon and the Ganges and combines these images of five continents with the music of Dmitri Shostakovich and the poetry of both Bertolt Brecht and Paul Robeson.

Status: Released
Released Date: 1954-09-17
Runtime: 104 mins
Director: Robert Ménégoz, Joop Huisken, Joris Ivens
Writer: Joris Ivens, Vladimir Pozner, Bertolt Brecht, Paul Robeson
Spoken language: Deutsch
Genres: Documentary
Original title: Song of the Rivers
Production Companies: DEFA-Studio für Dokumentarfilme
Production Countries: East Germany, Germany