'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.

Country:

United States of America

Genre:

Documentary

Duration:

19 minutes

Year:

2020

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Company:

The Criterion Collection

Cast:
Ian Christie

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Crew:
Kim Hendrickson

Executive Producer

Peter Becker

Executive Producer

Fumiko Takagi

Executive Producer

Jonathan Turell

Executive Producer

Elizabeth Pauker

Producer