Song of the RiversMovie
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.
About Song of the Rivers
Song of the Rivers is a 1954 documentary movie directed by Robert Ménégoz, Joop Huisken.
The production information lists a runtime of 1h 44m, production credits from East Germany, Germany, an original language code of DE.
The credited cast includes Maximilian Scheer, Paul Robeson. The synopsis above summarizes the central premise without adding details beyond the available title information.
