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Title:

East side story [videorecording] / Anda Films presents ; produced in association with WDR with the participation of DocStar/Canal+ ; produced by Andrew Horn ; directed by Dana Ranga ; [written by Dana Ranga and Andrew Horn].

Format:

[videorecording] /

Publisher:

Kino International Corp.,

Copyright Date:

c2000

Description:

1 videodisc (78 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Musical films--Soviet Union--History and criticism.
Musical films--Europe, Eastern--History and criticism.
Motion pictures--Soviet Union--History--20th century.
Motion pictures--Europe, Eastern--History--20th century.
Motion pictures in propaganda--Europe, Eastern.
Motion pictures in propaganda--Soviet Union.
Motion pictures--Censorship--Europe, Eastern.
Motion pictures--Censorship--Soviet Union.
Propaganda, Communist--Soviet Union.
Propaganda, Communist--Europe, Eastern.

Other Authors:

Ranga, Dana.
Horn, Andrew.
Anda Films (Firm)
Westdeutscher Rundfunk.
Docstar (Firm)
Studio Canal+.

Notes:

Originally released as a motion picture in 1997. Commentary: Erich Gusko (Cameraman, DEFA), Karin Schroder (actress, DEFA), Helmut Hanke (Sociologist, GDR), Hans Joachim Wallstein (story editor, DEFA), Maya Turovskaia (Film historian, USSR), Chris Doerk (pop star, GDR), Frank Schobel (pop star, GDR).

Contents:

Film excerpts: Antique coin (Bulgaria, 1965) -- Adventure in Marienstadt (Poland, 1954) -- Handful of notes (GDR, 1961) -- Vacation on the Black Sea (Romania, 1963) -- My wife wants to sing (GDR, 1958) -- New Years punch (GDR, 1960) -- Wayward wife (Czech., 1965) -- I don't want to marry (Romania, 1961) -- Carnival night (USSR, 1957) -- Jolly Fellows (USSR, 1934) -- Volga, Volga (USSR, 1938) -- Swineherd and the shepherd (USSR, 1941) -- Tractor drivers (USSR, 1939) -- Bright path (USSR, 1940) -- Cossacks of the Kuban River (USSR, 1946) -- At 6PM at the end of the war (USSR, 1944) -- Ernst Thalman, class leader (GDR, 1955) -- Midnight revue (GDR, 1962) -- Lovable white mouse (GDR, 1964) -- Hot summer (GDR, 1968) -- No cheating darling (GDR, 1973) -- Woman on the rails (Czech., 1965).

Summary:

"That's Entertainment," Communist style. A documentary of Soviet and Eastern bloc communist musical films. Comrades drive tractors, sweep factory floors, feed farm animals, harvest crops, all the while singing their hearts out about the joys of socialism. Included are interviews with people involved in the making of some of these movies, as well as a film historian and moviegoers.

OCLC:

(OCoLC)51600589

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)