Sylabus
Sessions will be organized around following topics (films will mainly be presented partly; in original Russian or Czech version with English subtitles):
National Heroes at the Service of Political Power
Alexander Nevsky (1938) by Sergei Eisenstein
Burnt by the Sun (1994) by Nikita Mikhalkov
The Admiral (2008) by Alexander Kravchuk
The Priest (2009) by Vladimir Khotinenko
Eltsin Era and “Chernukha”Films
The Moslim (1995) by Vladimir Khotinenko
Brat (1997) by Alexsei Balabanov
The Thief (1997) by Pavel Chukhraj
Putin’s Russia Films
The Star (2002) by Nikolai Lebedev
The Island (2006) by Pavel Lungin
We are from the Future 2 (2010) by Aleksandr Samokhvalov and Boris Rostov
OR The Match (2012) by Andrei Maliukov
Soviet society in Document
Dziga Vertov, Man with the Movie Camera, 1929.
Kinokhronika 17 Moments in Soviet history (http://soviethistory.msu.edu/about/)
Artur Aristakisyan, Palms, 1993.
Sergey Loznica, Maidan, 2014.
Soviet Society in Soviet Cinematography
Boris Barnet, Dom na Trubnoy, 1928.
Vladimir Menshov, Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears, 1979.
Alexej Balabanov, Brat, 1997.
Pyotr Buslov, Vysockiy, sposibo chto zhivoy, 2011.
Re-shaping national history: Historical milestones in Soviet Cinematography
Sergej Ejzenshtein, Battleship Potemkin, 1925.
Vsevolod Pudovkin, Admiral Nakhimov, 1946.
Pvel Lugin, Ivan the Terrible, 2009.
SCI-FI
Yakov Protazanov, Aelita, 1924
Vasily Zhuravlev, Cosmic Voyage, 1935
Andrej Tarkovski, Solaris, 1972.
Richard Viktorov/Nikolai Viktorov, Per Astra ad Aspera, 1981
Non-Russians in Soviet/Russian Cinematography
Alexandr Ptushko, Ilya Muromec, 1956.
Andrey Tarkovski, Andrey Rublev, 1969.
Nikita Michalkov, 12, 2007.
Post-Soviet Society
Timur Bekmambetov, Noční hlídka, 2005.
Alexandr Sokurov, Faust, 2011.
Novye Russkie, 2015.
Andrej Zvjagincev: Return, 2003; Leviathan, 2014.
Aktan Arym Kubat, The Light Thief, 2010.
Emir Baigazin, Harmony Lessons, 2013.