A History of Russian Cinema

by Birgit Beumers

Book Overview

Film emerged in pre-Revolutionary Russia to become the 'most important of all arts' for the new Bolshevik regime and its propaganda machine. The 1920s saw a flowering of film experimentation, notably with the work of Eisenstein, and a huge growth in the audience for film, which continued into the 1930s with the rise of musicals. The films of the Second World War and Cold War periods reflected a return to political concerns in their representation...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1845202155
• ISBN13: 9781845202156
• Release Date: December 2008
• Publisher: Berg Publishers
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.1"