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'The Cranes are Flying' and Soviet Cinema

March 24, 2020
19 minutes
Documentary

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.

Movie Details

Release Date

March 24, 2020

Runtime

19 minutes

Production Companies

The Criterion Collection

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