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'The Cranes are Flying' and Soviet Cinema

2020 · 19m · Documentary

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Overview

Film scholar Ian Christie unpacks why 'The Cranes Are Flying' is such a landmark of Soviet cinema, breaking away as it did from decades of forcibly pro-state propaganda with its focus on individual tragedy and its ambivalence about the heroism of war.

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Release date
March 24, 2020
Status
Released
Original language
English
Runtime
19m
Genres
Documentary

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