Moscow Clad in Snow

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Moscou sous la neige, Moscow clad in snow, Москва под снегом
Directed by Joseph-Louis Mundwiller
Distributed by Pathé Frères
Release date
  • April 9, 1909 (1909-04-09)(U.S.)
Running time
7 minutes
CountryUnited States
Languages Silent
English intertitles
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Moscow Clad in Snow is a 1909 short silent documentary film directed by Joseph-Louis Mundwiller about winter in Moscow 1908.

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Synopsis

The film is in four parts. First, the camera pans the Kremlin and Marshal's Bridge. Sleds are parked in rows. Horse-drawn sleighs run up and down a busy street. Next, we visit the mushroom and fish market where common people work and shop. In Petrovsky Park are the well-to-do. Men are in great coats. A file of six or seven women ski past on a narrow lane. Last, there's a general view of Moscow. A slow pan takes us to a view above the river front where the film began.

Orchestral score on restoration

The film is inherently silent. Second Life added a soundtrack of Alexander Borodin music for the restored version of the film released by the Russian firm "Krasny Kofe".


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