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Soviet Elegy
Soviet Elegy
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SOVIET ELEGY

Sovetskaya elegiya

Directed by Aleksandr Sokurov
Soviet Union, 1989
Documentary, Short

Synopsis

In “The Soviet Elegy” the long train of photos of the Soviet leaders, dead or alive, stops at the portrait of Yeltsin. At the time of shooting Yeltsin had fallen down from the assembly of the Communist Party deities, and participated in the earthly life through connections of different kinds.

Synopsis

In “The Soviet Elegy” the long train of photos of the Soviet leaders, dead or alive, stops at the portrait of Yeltsin. At the time of shooting Yeltsin had fallen down from the assembly of the Communist Party deities, and participated in the earthly life through connections of different kinds.