Soviet cinema - Fear of freedom.(Review)

From: The Economist (US) | Date: April 22, 2000 | Copyright information

REAL IMAGES: SOVIET CINEMA AND THE THAW. By Josephine Woll. I.B. Tauris; 280 pages; $59.50 or $24.50 (paperback); Pounds39.50 or Pounds14.95 (paperback)

FROM 1954 to 1967, broadly speaking the Khrushchev era, Soviet cinema enjoyed a period of relative licence sandwiched between Stalin's tyranny and the dead hand of Brezhnev. Films looked fresh and caught the world's attention--"The Cranes are Flying", "Ballad of a Soldier" and "The 41st", to name but three. Yet today they are rarely seen and largely forgotten. Why?

In this valuable and well written account of that ...

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