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"Mirror" lies at the centre of Russian director Tarkovsky's oeuvre, being his most complex and autobiographical film. This short study investigates the production, context and reception of the picture - both in Russia and the rest of the world - before making an analysis of the actual story.

This text looks at the acclaimed 1988 film "Little Vera", observing its use of space and representations of complex family relationships, placing "Little Vera" within the context of youth cinema.

Each of the volumes in this series on Russian cinema investigates the production, context and reception of the film, the people who made it, and the film itself, including its place in world cinema. This title discusses the Oscar-winning film "Burnt by the Sun", directed by Nikita Mikhalov.

Arguably the first masterpiece of post-Stalin cinema, "The Cranes Are Flying" combined several cinematic trends, such as the choice of the World War II for hero-images, and the preference for private emotional truth over political rhetoric. This study analyzes the film in depth.

This volume from the KINO Russian Cinema series investigates the production, context and reception of the film "Battleship Potemkin", the people who made it, and the film itself, including its place in Russian and World cinema.

"Storm over Asia" ('The Heir to Genghis Khan') was the third of Vsevolod Pudovkin's silent films. This title describes the circumstances under which "Storm over Asia" was produced and distributed and discusses the warm reception of the film in Russia, Germany and France. It also examines the potency of the Genghis Khan myth for a Soviet audience.

This volume from the "KINO Russian Cinema" series investigates the production, context and reception of the film "The Man with the Movie Camera", the people who made it, and the film itself, including its place in Russian and World cinema.

This is a handbook to "Repentance", directed by Tengiz Abuladze and released in 1986. It investigates the production, context and reception of the film, the people who made it, and the film itself, including its place in Russian and World cinema.

"Ivan the Terrible", Eisenstein's last film, is a complex work. Commissioned by Stalin himself, the director had to glorify the dictator's tyranny, yet attempted to preserve his own artistic and personal integrity. This study documents how Eisentstein performed the near-impossible in doing so.