The Song of the Rivers is a 1954 documentary film production by the East Germany film studio DEFA. Dutch filmmaker Joris Ivens was the leading director. The sprawling film celebrates international workers movements along six major rivers: the Volga, Mississippi, Ganges, Nile, Amazon and the Yangtze. Shot in many countries by different film crews, and later edited by Ivens, Song of the Rivers begins with a lyrical montage of landscapes and laborers and proceeds to glorify labor and modern industrial machinery. The musical score is by Dmitri Shostakovich, with lyrics written by Bertolt Brecht, and songs performed by German communism's star Ernst Busch and famous American actor, singer and activist Paul Robeson who also narrates. Song of the Rivers is an ode to international solidarity.
Das Lied der Ströme (1954)
Directed by Joop Huisken / Robert Menegoz / Joris Ivens / Ruy Santos
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1954, Amazon, Bertolt Brecht, Dmitri Shostakovich, Documentary Film, Dutch Filmmaker, East Germany Film Studio, Ernst Busch Songs, Film Crews, Ganges, Industrial Machinery, International Solidarity, International Workers Movements, Laborers, Mississippi, Nile, Paul Robeson Narration, Volga, Yangtze
Alternate Titles
A Canção dos Rios
PT
Das Lied der Ströme
DD
Il canto dei fiumi
IT
Le Chant des fleuves
FR
O Canto dos Rios
BR
Song of the Rivers