Cinema of the Soviet Union
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The Cinema of the Soviet Union, not to be confused with "Russian Cinema" despite Russian language films being predominant in both genres, includes several film contributions of the constituent republics of the Soviet Union reflecting elements of their pre-Soviet culture, language and history, although sometimes censored by the Central Government. Most notable for their republican cinema were Armenian SSR, Georgian SSR, Ukrainian SSR, and, to a lesser degree, Lithuanian SSR, Byelorussian SSR and Moldavian SSR. At the same time, the nation's film industry, which was fully nationalized throughout most of the country's history, was guided by philosophies and laws propounded by the monopoly Soviet Communist Party which introduced a new view on the cinema, which was different from the one before or after the existence of the Soviet Union. [1] [May 2007]
Pavel Klushantsev
Pavel Klushantsev was a Russian film director (25 February 1910 St. Petersburg, Russia - 1999). His 1962 feature Planeta Bur was edited and expanded by Roger Corman for American distribution as Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet (1965) by Curtis Harrington and as Voyage to a Prehistoric Planet (1966) by Peter Bogdanovich. It are the original scenes which draw the most acclaim. See also: Cinema of Russia and science fiction cinema.
