Leyda, Jay, 1910-1988.

Kino : a history of the Russian and Soviet film / Jay Leyda. - 3rd edition - Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 1983. - 513 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. - Princeton paperbacks . - Princeton paperbacks .

A study of the development of Russian cinema, from 1896 to the present. -- Cover

Filmography: pages 414-475. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Beginning with the Lumiere filming of the coronation of Tsar Nicholas II, this title presents an observation of a major cultural phenomenon: the evolution of the Soviet film as an artistic and political instrument. It contains 150 drawings and photographs and five appendices, including a list of selected Russian and Soviet films.

0691003467 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780691003467 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Motion pictures--History.--Soviet Union
Cine--Historia--Unión Soviética

PN 1993.5 / L683k 1983

791.43/0947