"Cinema" Lumiere triumphantly marched around the world, and Russia left from it. In 1886, the French introduced with the cinema of the Russians, and in 1898 appeared the first Russian films.The history of Russian cinema unique. Harsh manners plus the characteristic features of certain political periods imposed on Russian cinema its mark. However, this did not prevent the appearance in the Russian film industry bright stars and talented filmmakers.In the late 19th and early 20th century short films that were shot in Russia, was mainly devoted to the life of the Royal family and was censored. In the pop-up cinema broadcast of foreign films, popular in that era.The first Russian film is a picture of "Ponizova freemen" ("Stenka Razin", "Stenka Razin and the Princess"). The film was made by Vladimir Romashkov, and the writer Vasily Goncharov. The management and financing of the film was carried out by the entrepreneur Alexander Tankovy. How did you manage to pass through the censorship theme free of Stepan Razin, history is silent. The picture, of course, passed a rigorous "cleansing".The film "Stenka Razin" was dumb, the scene lasted just a minute, and the film had a duration of about 6 minutes. But the spectacle for the time was epic, "battle" scenes were busy about hundreds of theater artists and audiences went to the cinema for the premiere of the flow.As 1910, Russian cinema found its face. There were quite a lot of movies in different genres – mystery, romance, historical and military themes. In Russia there was the first movie star - Vera Kholodnaya, Ivan Mozzhukhin, Vladimir Maximov.The next period of development of Russian cinema is the years of revolution and civil war. Proletarian art is difficult to be called artistic, however, it aroused the interest, even abroad. One of the brightest Russian names, which entered the history of world cinema – the name of Sergei Eisenstein, the author of the film "Battleship Potemkin" (1925) and "October" (1927). The ideology of world revolution has caused a lively interest among the world community.30-x – 40-ies was mixed. On the one hand rigid Stalinist censorship, heroic and Patriotic themes and ideological implications. On the other hand bright Comedy and new stars such as the actress Lyubov Orlova, the Director Grigory Alexandrov. The films released in that time, the world was virtually unknown. Played the role of "iron curtain" and negative perception of life in Russia in Western countries. Themselves citizens of the USSR and his movies loved. The cinemas were popular and were often filled to capacity. Bright names in the world of Russian cinema in the 60s - 80s is a film Directors Andrei Tarkovsky, Sergei Parajanov, Kira Muratova. Famous movies – "Solaris", "Two soldiers", "the cranes are Flying", "Spring on Zarechnaya street" and many others.Another turning point in the history of Russian cinema emerged in the 90-ies, in the era of perestroika. The films of that time differed provocative, sometimes excessive negativity. Many critics today are inclined to think that the history of Russian cinema is far from over. In the Russian cinema, the search for style and identity.
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