The Commissar: Difference between revisions

====Date: [[:Category:1965 - 1969|1965 - 1969]]====

====Region: [[:Category:Russia and Central Asia|Russia and Central Asia]]====

====Subject: [[:Category:Political/Economic/Social Opinion|Political/Economic/Social Opinion]] [[:Category:Religious|Religious]]====

====Medium: [[:Category:Film Video|Film Video]]====

'''Confronting Bodies:''' The Soviet State Cinema Committee (Goskino)

'''Description of Artwork:''' Askoldov's film, ''The Commissar'', is about a pregnant revolutionary commissar who takes refuge with a Jewish family during the Russian Revolution just prior to her delivery.  After her son is born, the town is overtaken by the counter-revolutionary White Army.  She flees the town and her son to rejoin her regiment.  The film also depicts the Jewish family's fate during the holocaust.  ''The Commissar'' was produced to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Russian Revolution.[[File:Commissar.jpg]] <P>

'''Results of Incident:''' In 1986 the Conflict Commission of the Film-makers Union recommended the re-release of ''The Commissar''.  Goskino refused to act.  After a plea from Askoldov at the Moscow Film Festival, the film was reconstructed in 1988.  It won the Silver Bear Special Jury Prize at the Berlin Film Festival in 1988. <P>

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[[Category:1960s]]

[[Category:20th century]]