Russian War Films: On the Cinema Front, 1914-2005

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War movies have long been the most influential genre in Russian cinema, so much so that in the Soviet Union’s militaristic society, “cinema front” was used to describe the film industry itself. Denise J. Youngblood, an internationally recognized authority on Russian and Soviet cinema, provides the first comprehensive guide to this long-neglected genre.

Youngblood explores more than 160 fiction films on Russian conflicts from World War I to Chechnya. These movies repre...