The K Effect

Stalin's Editor reveals the curious and amazing story of Maxime Stransky, childhood friend of Sergei Eisenstein, actor in 1920 Moscow and an adventurer of the revolution, a counterfeiter and Hollywood producer - Stalin's film editor. His story is narrated through his amateurs footages and personal home movies.

This is the odyssey of Maxime Stransky and Sergei Eisenstein, the odyssey of those who dared dreaming and were swollen by their dreams. The K Effect recounts Maxime?s passionate life during the 20th century: a century shaken by fascinating utopias, which spawned cheerful dreams and horrible nightmares. Lights and shadows: the great metaphor of filmmaking.