The Soviet Influence: From Turksib to Night Mail. Various directors, 1929-1936.
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Edition screened: BFI Blu-ray, released 2011. Some films are English language, some are silent with English intertitles. Collective runtime approximately 170 minutes.
Edition screened: BFI Blu-ray, released 2011. Some films are English language, some are silent with English intertitles. Collective runtime approximately 170 minutes.
Summary: No particular depictions of violence toward animals.
The stated purpose of the BFI series The Soviet Influence is to present an important early Russian film such as Turksib along with British films that were influenced by the more progressive Russian techniques.
This first volume of The Soviet Influence includes:
Turksib (1929)
The Workers’ Topical News, No. 1 (1930 newsreel shown at Turksib's British premier)
Australian Wine (1931 wine advertisement)
Shadows on the Mountains (1931)
The Country Comes to Town (1933)
The Face of Britain (1935)