The Living Stones of Sacsayhuamán (2014)

Gênero : Documentário

Runtime : 40M

Director : Igor Alekseev

Sinopse

Sacsayhuamán, an ancient citadel amidst the Peruvian Andes, is an architectural marvel. It was built more than 900 years ago, and no living person knows how such large rocks were fitted so perfectly into walls. This documentary takes us on a tour of Sacsayhuamán, offering a brief history of the site, and clues that may help to its understand how it was made. It was edited from photos and video taken in July 2012, when Russian geophysicists conducted soil research there, at the request of Peru's Ministry of Culture.

Atores

Tripulações

Igor Alekseev
Igor Alekseev
Producer
Igor Alekseev
Igor Alekseev
Director
Evgeny Egorov
Evgeny Egorov
Producer
Natalia Vanigasooriya
Natalia Vanigasooriya
Editor
Igor Alekseev
Igor Alekseev
Camera Operator
Vyacheslav Krasakov
Vyacheslav Krasakov
Camera Operator
Igor Alekseev
Igor Alekseev
Writer
Inga Buravleva
Inga Buravleva
Visual Effects
Olga Laryushkina
Olga Laryushkina
Visual Effects

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