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Season 4 Episode 31: Comrades XII: Leningrad Movie

Soviet film directors have one advantage over Westerners: the state takes care of the budget. But in return, the state expects firm control over all productions. Dinara Asanova, one of the few female directors of Soviet features, knows how to bend the rules-departing from approved scripts and changing characters and locations, with controversial results.

Genre:

Documentary, News

Seasons:

45

Episodes:

852

Actor:

Will Lyman

Quality:

HD

Status:

Returning Series

First Air:

1983

IMDb:

6.7