And Still I Believe

Originally called World 68 later retitled The World of Today Romms film was conceived as an impassioned largescale essay on the origins of the 20th century and the subsequent reality the disappointed director felt slipping away from him The film itself slipped away from him and was left unfinished at the time of his death His younger colleagues Marlen Khutsiev Elem Klimov and German Lavrov completed the film from the elements he left behind in addition to segments from Ordinary Fascism closing the film with Romms ultimately optimistic outlook And still I believe that man is sensible