Song of the Rivers
1954, German. Directed by Robert Ménégoz & Joris Ivens & Joop Huisken.
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.
- Runtime
- 1h 44m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- German
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- Released
- 17 September 1954
- Original title
- Lied der Ströme
- Country
- East Germany, Germany
- Written by
- Joris Ivens, Vladimir Pozner, Bertolt Brecht
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Song of the Rivers runs 104 minutes (1h 44m).
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Song of the Rivers isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 17 September 1954. (Checked 13 November 2026.)
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Who directed Song of the Rivers?
Song of the Rivers (1954) was directed by Robert Ménégoz and Joris Ivens and Joop Huisken and stars Maximilian Scheer, Paul Robeson.