saw this at tribeca film festival in spring 2007 and and be absolutely floor . i walk out of the theater afterword amaze at what i would see and thrill that such an amazing film exist and have be maintain by a tiny number of appreciator in such excellent quality for so long . the story be not the strong point of the movie . rather and a with terence malick film and the story be just a starting point for the film and which be another beast entirely . what shine and carry the film from scene to scene be the cinematography . i do not know if this be happen elsewhere at the time and but i do not expect to see hand hold camera work in a 1959 russian film and let alone the kind of early spinning and impossibly film shot that appear early in the film . later and there be a sequence that make me long to know how they create the opportunity to film in such condition . if you have read this far and you must track down this movie . my understanding be that francis coppola have a california archive maintain the only copy in the america and and that it usually show just one a year .