Real Images: Soviet Cinema and the Thaw

by Josephine Woll, Birgit Beumers (Editor), Lilya Kaganovsky (Editor)

Overview

During ""the thaw"" from Stalin's death in 1953 to the late 1960s and Khrushchev's rule, Soviet society experienced major transformations. So did films. In this first comprehensive account of the relationship between politics and cinema in this period, Josephine Woll skillfully interweaves cultural history with film analysis to explore how movies at once responded to the changes around them and helped engender them. She considers dozens of individual films within the context of Khrushchev's policies and the artistic foment they inspired.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781860645501
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	12/31/1999
Series:	KINO - The Russian and Soviet Cinema
Pages:	280
Sales rank:	717,304
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Josephine Woll is Professor of German and Russian at Howard University, Washington D.C.

Table of Contents

The Big Sleep
• The Big Sleep: Introduction
• The Fallen Idol
• Beat the Devil
• Modern Times
• The Rules of the Game
• The Rules of the Game: Introduction
• The Best Years of Our Lives
• Great Expectations
• The Grand Illusion The Grand Illusion: Introduction
• Children of Paradise
• Lost Horizon
• Kameradschaft
• Meet John Doe
• Strange Interlude
• Strange Interlude: Introduction
• Odd Man Out
• The Last Laugh
• Forbidden Games
• Forbidden Games: Introduction
• To Have and Have Not
• Farewell, My Lovely

Editorial Reviews

."" . . both a history and a critical survey. Its coverage of the political and cultural background is impressive!""--Jane A. Taubman, The Slavic and East European Journal

""Woll's book constitutes an impressive contribution to Soviet film history.""-- Slavic Review

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