Best known for Aelita (1924), the classic science-fiction film of the Soviet silent era, Yakov Protazanov directed over a hundred films in a career spanning thr

This dissertation examines the work of Yakov Aleksandrovich Protazanov, who directed over one hundred films in the silent era. He became a leading director in l

This dissertation examines the work of Yakov Aleksandrovich Protazanov, who directed over one hundred films in the silent era. He became a leading director in l

This is the first collection to be inspired and informed by the new films and archival material that glasnost and perestroika have revealed, and the new methodo

The book provides an illuminating background of the political history of the Soviet cinema in the twenties.