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Screening the Past

February 1997

Author: Yelena Stishova
Russian Life: February 1997
Department: Features
Page: 4   ( 6) pages

Summary: Following the Soviet Union's victory in World War II, Soviets frequently honored the many victims with the phrase, "No one is forgotten; nothing is forgotten." In the years since 1945, Russian cinema has been a guardian of the collective, societal memory of this horrific war. Yelena Stishova, respected critic for the leading Russian film journal, Iskusstvo Kino, offers a look back at the development of the Russian war film genre.


This article appeared in the February 1997 issue of Russian Life. The text of this article is not available online.

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