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Soviet Union

17 films · 2 directors

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FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Kino-Pravda No. 21: Lenin Kino-Pravda. A Film Poem About Lenin
Kino-Pravda No. 21: Lenin Kino-Pravda. A Film Poem About Lenin
1925 · Dziga Vertov
Earth
Earth
1930 · Alexander Dovzhenko
Nachrichten aus der ideologischen Antike – Marx/Eisenstein/Das Kapital
Nachrichten aus der ideologischen Antike – Marx/Eisenstein/Das Kapital
2008 · Alexander Kluge
Ashes and Diamonds
Ashes and Diamonds
1958 · Andrzej Wajda
Leviathan
Leviathan
2014 · Andrey Zvyagintsev
Blue Collar
Blue Collar
1978 · Paul Schrader
Bread and Roses
Bread and Roses
2000 · Ken Loach
Le Train en marche
Le Train en marche
1971 · Chris Marker
My Lenin
My Lenin
1970 · Ritwik Ghatak
Blood Money
Blood Money
1974 · Antonio Margheriti
Comrade X
Comrade X
1940 · King Vidor
I Was Nineteen
I Was Nineteen
1968 · Konrad Wolf
Born American
Born American
1986 · Renny Harlin
Planet of Storms
Planet of Storms
1962 · Pavel Klushantsev
Strike Commando
Strike Commando
1987 · Frank Miller
The Dirty Game
The Dirty Game
1965 · Terence Young
The Double Man
The Double Man
1967 · Franklin J. Schaffner
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Andrei Tarkovsky → Soviet Union

His metaphysical films like Mirror and Stalker profoundly explore Soviet existence, memory, and the spiritual crisis of the Soviet system through philosophical cinema.

Sergei Eisenstein → Soviet Union

Pioneer of Soviet montage theory whose films Battleship Potemkin and October directly document and celebrate revolutionary ideals while innovating cinematic language.

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