Viktor Shklovsky and Roman Jakobson: Life is a Novel

Plot Summary

A two-part documentary about the fraught relationship between Russian writer Viktor Shklovsky and émigré linguist Roman Jakobson.

Top Cast

Viktor Shklovskiy Self (archive footage)

Roman Jakobson Self (archive footage)

Aleksandr Kalyagin Viktor Shklovsky (voice)

Sergei Yursky Roman Jakobson (voice)

Alla Demidova Elsa Triolet (voice)