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Fear And The Muse: The Story Of Anna Akhmatova

11/16/1990

New York Center for Visual History. Audio relayed 11/21

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Program

Fear And The Muse: The Story Of Anna Akhmatova

Program Description

Chronicles the life and times of one of the USSR's most celebrated cultural figures, the legendary poet Anna Akhmatova (1889-1966). She bore witness to the tumultuous events of Russian and Soviet history. Clair Bloom gives voice to her writings in a program that evokes her literary genius, struggle against censorship, and role in the Soviet Union under the regimes of Lenin, Stalin and Khrushchev. Christopher Reeve narrates. Filmed in St. Petersburg with assistance from Lenfilm Studios, includes interview with protege Joseph Brodsky.

Duration

00:57:26

Asset Type

Broadcast program

Media Type

Video

Genres

Documentary

Topics

Biography

History

Literature

Citation

Chicago: “Fear And The Muse: The Story Of Anna Akhmatova,” 11/16/1990, GBH Archives, accessed March 3, 2021, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_B42C736D0A5E4005AC881534F6C778F0.

MLA: “Fear And The Muse: The Story Of Anna Akhmatova.” 11/16/1990. GBH Archives. Web. March 3, 2021. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_B42C736D0A5E4005AC881534F6C778F0>.

APA: Fear And The Muse: The Story Of Anna Akhmatova. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_B42C736D0A5E4005AC881534F6C778F0