'The Cranes are Flying' and Soviet Cinema

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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Movie
Episodes
1
Episode Duration
19 mins
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Finished
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Type
Movie
Format
Movie
Episodes
1
Episode Duration
19 mins
Status
Finished
Start Date
Mar 24, 2020
Season
2020
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0
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0
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0
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0
Producers
The Criterion Collection
Genres
Documentary
Country
United States

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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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Japanese

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Staff

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