Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey (1995)
1h 23m
Running Time
August 24, 1995Release Date
Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey (1995)
1h 23m
Running Time
August 24, 1995Release Date
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Plot.
After escaping Russia's communist revolution, Léon Theremin travels to New York, where he pioneers the field of electronic music with his synthesizer. But at the height of his popularity, Soviet agents kidnap and force him to develop spy technology.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Clara Rockmore
Self – Theremin Virtuoso
Leon Theremin
Self - Inventor of the Theremin
Robert Moog
Self - Inventor of the Moog Synthesizer
Nicolas Slonimsky
Self - Composer and Historian
Paul Shure
Self – Musician
Henry Solomonoff
Self – Theremin Studio Member
Suki Bader
Self – Theremin Dancer
Hal Willner
Composer
Frankie DeMarco
Cinematographer
Beryl Campbell
Self – Theremin Dancer
Edward Lachman
Cinematographer
Lydia Kavina
Self – Theremin's Niece
Chris Lombardi
Cinematographer
Brian Wilson
Self – Founder of The Beach Boys
Robert Stone
Cinematographer
Todd Rundgren
Self – Musician and Producer
Vladimir Lenin
Self (archive footage)
Ingrid Bergman
Dr. Constance Petersen (archive footage) (uncredited)
Bobby Burgess
Actor in Mickey Mouse Show Clip (archive footage) (uncredited)
Samuel Hoffman
Self – Mickey Mouse Show Clip (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jerry Lewis
Sidney L. Pythias (archive footage) (uncredited)
Ray Milland
Don Birnam (archive footage) (uncredited)
Patricia Neal
Helen Benson (archive footage) (uncredited)
Gregory Peck
John Ballantyne (archive footage) (uncredited)
Michael Rennie
Klaatu (archive footage) (uncredited)
Barbara Rush
Helen Fields (archive footage) (uncredited)
Joe Sawyer
Frank Daylon (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jefferson Dudley Searles
Mr. Crow (archive footage) (uncredited)
Alex Tkaczevski
Self – Translator (uncredited)
Steven M. Martin
Director / Producer / Writer
David Greenwald
Editor
Ed Lachman
Cinematography
Robert Stone
Cinematography
Media.
Details.
Wiki.
Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey is a 1993 documentary film by Steven M. Martin about the life of Léon Theremin and his invention, the theremin, a pioneering electronic musical instrument. It follows his life, including being imprisoned in a Soviet Gulag, and the influence of his instrument, which came to define the sound of eerie in 20th-century films, and influenced popular music as it searched for and celebrated electronic music in the 1960s. It was first broadcast on November 2, 1993 (coincidentally, one day before Theremin's death) as a special edition of Channel 4's Without Walls arts strand.