THEME EXPLORATION

Soviet politics

12 films · 3 directors
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
Sun Seekers
Sun Seekers
1972 · Konrad Wolf
Patrice O'Neal: Elephant in the Room
Patrice O'Neal: Elephant in the Room
2011 · Beth McCarthy-Miller
Nachrichten aus der ideologischen Antike – Marx/Eisenstein/Das Kapital
Nachrichten aus der ideologischen Antike – Marx/Eisenstein/Das Kapital
2008 · Alexander Kluge
Primary Colors
Primary Colors
1998 · Mike Nichols
Earth
Earth
1930 · Alexander Dovzhenko
Ashes and Diamonds
Ashes and Diamonds
1958 · Andrzej Wajda
The Lives of Others
The Lives of Others
2006 · Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
Leviathan
Leviathan
2014 · Andrey Zvyagintsev
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
1988 · Robert Zemeckis
Ten Years Thailand
Ten Years Thailand
2018 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Blade II
Blade II
2002 · Guillermo del Toro
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Sergei Eisenstein Soviet Union

His revolutionary montage techniques and films like 'Battleship Potemkin' and 'October' directly depicted Soviet political events and ideology.

 Andrei Tarkovsky Soviet Union

His philosophical and allegorical works like 'Stalker' and 'Mirror' subtly interrogated Soviet political and social systems through metaphysical storytelling.

 Elem Klimov Soviet Union

His film 'Come and See' and 'Farewell' confronted Soviet historical trauma and politics with unflinching brutality and emotional depth.