Soviet Art

When the Trees Were Tall – 1961 Soviet drama film directed by Lev Kulidzhanov. The film was screened at the 1962 Cannes Film Festival

Our old Soviet films have always been some kind of simplicity and ease (probably the best example of this is “I Walk Around Moscow” simple story eventually grew into a masterpiece of cinema), but, nevertheless, they always have something native, some piece of the soul, something one can’t find in foreign films. “When the Trees Were Tall” belongs to such films. And what does the title “When the Trees Were Tall” mean? The main character is recalling her childhood, saying that she remembers that the trees were tall. If the movie is about forgiveness, of redemption of sins, then, perhaps, the time when the trees were big, is the altar of purity and holiness, because little children are pure and innocent …
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Soviet Cult film Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears

Soviet Cult film Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears
In February 1980, was released the Soviet cult film by Vladimir Menshov “Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears” – a lyrical story about the lives of three friends provincials who came to conquer the capital. A year later, the American Film Academy has awarded its highest film award – “Oscar”, considering it the best foreign film of the year. “The thing that attracted me – it’s a great move, when Katerina gets an alarm clock and falls asleep crying and wakes up in a few years and wakes up her adult daughter. I even thought at first that I just missed a few pages. And when I realized that it is a decision – to jump in 20 years, I was impressed by the idea.” Such happiness that these films were, and every second it is possible to touch the beauty that has been already created. The film is permeated by the breath of the era. Feel Moscow of the 1950s as it was – bustling, colorful, variegated. Moscow was then still the capital of Russia and the Soviet state.
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Boris Ignatovich Soviet Union Photographs of 1926-1939

Boris Ignatovich Soviet Union Photographs of 1926-1939. In 1908-1917 Soviet photo artist Boris Ignatovich (1899 – 1979) studied at the gymnasium of Lodz, and later – in Lugansk. Unfortunately, he was expelled for the publication of the handwritten magazine “Shantrapa”, as well as for participation in the revolutionary riots. He worked as a journalist since 1918, then led the newspaper “Miner” in 1921 in Moscow. In 1922-1925, in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg), he became interested in photography. After returning to Moscow (1926), Boris became one of the leaders of photo reporters of the Association at the Press House. In 1927 became editor and photographer of the newspaper “Bednota” (The poor), worked in magazines “Narpit”, “Spotlight”, “Ogonyok”, “Soviet Photo” and “USSR in Construction”. Ignatovich has created portraits of figures of Soviet culture and art – Korney Chukovsky, Mikhail Zoshchenko, Boris Pasternak, and others. Boris Ignatovich was awarded medals of the USSR.
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