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Russian and Soviet Cinema

YEAR KEY EVENTS AND FILMS
1908 Stenka Razin, Aleksandr Drankov. Earliest surviving Russian fiction film
1913 The Keys to Happiness, Vladimir Gardin, Iakov Protazanov
1916 A Life for a Life, Yevgeni Bauer
1917 The Revolutionary, Yevgeni Bauer
1918-1920 Nationalization of the film industry by Lenin
1919 'Agit-trains' or mobile cinemas begin showing propaganda films in support of the Revolution
1924 Aelita, Iakov Protazanov
Strike (Stachka), Sergey Eisenstein
The Extraordinary Adventures of Mr West in the Land of the Bolsheviks (Neobychainye Priklyucheniya Mistera Vesta v Strane Bolshevikov), Lev Kuleshov
1925 Battleship Potemkin (Bronenosels Potemkin), Sergey Eisenstein
1926 Mother (Mat), Vsevolod Pudovkin
1927-1928 October (Oktyabr), Sergey Eisenstein
1929 Man with a Movie Camera (Celovek kinoapparatom), Dziga Vertov
1930 Earth (Zemlya), Aleksandr Dovzhenko
1932 Happiness (Schastye), Aleksandr Medvedkin
1933 Patriots (Okraina), Boris Barnet
1934 Socialist Realism adopted as the official filmic creed at the 1st All-Union Writers' Conference
1939 Shchors, Aleksandr Dovzhenko
1944 The Rainbow (Raduga),Mark Donskoy
1945 Ivan the Terrible I (Ivan Grozny), Sergey Eisenstein
1954 Beginning of so-called 'Thaw' in Soviet arts, a partial rejection of Socialist Realism
1957 The Cranes are Flying (Letjat zuravli), Mikhail Kalatozov, winner of Palme d'Or, Cannes (1958)
1959 Ballad of a Soldier (Ballade o Soldate), Grigori Chukhraj
1961 Nine Days in One Year (Deviat dnei odnovo goda), Mikhail Romm
1964 Shadows of our Forgotten Ancestors (Teni Zabytkh Predkov), Sergey Paradzhanov
1966 Andreï Rublev, Andrey Tarkovsky
War and Peace (Voina i Mir), Sergey Bondarchuk
1967 The Commissar, Aleksandr Askoldov
End of 'Thaw'
Askoldov banned from film-making
1973 Kalina Krasnaya, Vasily Shukshin
1979 The Theme (Tema), Gleb Panfilov
Stalker, Andrey Tarkovsky
Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears (Moskva Slezam ne Verit), Vladimir Menshov
1984 Repentance (Pokajanie), Tenguiz Abuladzé
My Friend Ivan Lapshin (Moj Drug Ivan Lapshin), Aleksey German
1985 Come and See (Idi i smotri), Elem Klimov
1986 Policy of Glasnost acknowledged at 5th Congress of Film-Makers.
Many films banned in previous 20 years are released
1988 The Days of Eclipse (Dni zatmeniya), Aleksandr Sokurov
Little Vera (Malenkaya Vera), Vasily Pichul
1989 The Weakness Syndrome (Astenichesky Sindrom), Kira Muratova
1990 Don't Move, Die, and Rise Again! (Zamri-umri-voskresni), Vitali Kanevsky
1994 Burnt by the Sun (Utomlyonnye Solntsem), Nikita Mikhalkov
1995 Heads and Tails (Oryol I reshka), Georgi Danelia
1996 Prisoner of the Caucasus (Kavkazskij Plennik), Sergey Bodrov
1997 Brother (Brat), Aleksey Balabanov
The Thief (Vor), Pavel Chukhraj
Mother and Son (Mat i Syn), Aleksandr Sokurov
1998 The Barber of Siberia (Sibirskij Tsiryulnik), Nikita Mikhalkov
2000 His Wife's Diary (Dnevnik Yevo Zheny), Aleksey Uchitel
2002 Russian Ark, Aleksandr Sokurov, the world's first feature film made in one continuous shot
2003 Vozvrashcheniye (The Return), Andrei Zvyagintsev
Koktebel (The Road to Koktebel), Boris Khlebnikov & Aleksei Popogrebsky
2004 Night Watch (Nochnoy Dozor), Timur Bekmambetov, first of the post-Soviet era Russian blockbusters
2005 Turkish Gambit (Turetskii Gambit), Dzhanik Faiziyev
2005 Company 9 (9-Ya Rota), Fyodor Bondarchuk
2006 Day Watch (Dnevnoy Dozor), Timur Bekmambetov
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