Real Images: Soviet Cinema and the Thaw (KINO - The Russian and Soviet Cinema)

"Real Images" is the first book to investigate, and analyze Soviet cinema of ""the thaw"" from the aftermath of Stalin's death in 1953 to the late 1960s, during Kruschev's rule. Josephine Woll explains how Soviet industry and filmmakers strove to satisfy audiences' hunger for films, while accommodating the political mood shifts that characterized the period. Film and filmmakers played a critical role in the Soviet Union's attempts to get out from underneath Stalinist ideology."-- Provided by publisher During ""the thaw"" from Stalins death in 1953 to the late 1960s and Khrushchevs 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 Khrushchevs policies and the artistic foment they inspired. This text investigates and analyzes Soviet cinema of "the thaw", from the aftermath of Stalin's death in 1953 to the late 1960s, during Khruschev's rule. Josephine Woll explains how Soviet industry and film-makers strove to satisfy audiences' hunger for films, whilst accommodating politics. This text investigates and analyses Soviet cinema of the thaw, from the aftermath of Stalin's death in 1953 to the late 1960s, during Khruschev's rule