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SOVIET CINEMA: Directors and Films by Alexander S.-- Comp. Birkos

SOVIET CINEMA: Directors and Films

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Pub Date: June 15th, 1976
Publisher: Archon/Shoe String Press (P.O. Box 4327, 995 Sherman Avenue, Hamden, Connecticut 06514)

One need not share Birkos' sanguine view that the post-1953 ""generation of Soviet filmmakers has shown itself to possess as much talent as its predecessors"" to find his introductory historical survey useful, bland as it is; and the entries on individual Soviet directors and films, 1918-1975, comprise an extensive, not insensitive guide to the field. To anyone concerned with Soviet internal developments, even the plot summaries are of interest.