THEME EXPLORATION

Soviet nationalism

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Kino-Pravda No. 21: Lenin Kino-Pravda. A Film Poem About Lenin
Kino-Pravda No. 21: Lenin Kino-Pravda. A Film Poem About Lenin
1925 · Dziga Vertov
Nachrichten aus der ideologischen Antike – Marx/Eisenstein/Das Kapital
Nachrichten aus der ideologischen Antike – Marx/Eisenstein/Das Kapital
2008 · Alexander Kluge
Olympia Part Two: Festival of Beauty
Olympia Part Two: Festival of Beauty
1938 · Leni Riefenstahl
Earth
Earth
1930 · Alexander Dovzhenko
Ashes and Diamonds
Ashes and Diamonds
1958 · Andrzej Wajda
Donbass
Donbass
2018 · Sergei Loznitsa
Leviathan
Leviathan
2014 · Andrey Zvyagintsev
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
1985 · Paul Schrader
Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoast
Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoast
1986 · Nobuhiko Obayashi
Eisenstein in Mexico
Eisenstein in Mexico
1933 · Sergei Eisenstein
Ivan’s Childhood
Ivan’s Childhood
1962 · Andrei Tarkovsky
Le Train en marche
Le Train en marche
1971 · Chris Marker
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Sergei Eisenstein Soviet Union

His epic montage-driven films like Battleship Potemkin and October glorified Soviet revolutionary nationalism through innovative cinematic language.

 Andrei Tarkovsky Soviet Union

His philosophical and metaphysical works explored Russian spiritual identity and nationalist themes within the constraints of Soviet cinema.