Comrades XII: Leningrad Movie Frontline : Season 4 Episode 31
Not Rated PBS 1h 00m int(0)
Aired: September 9th, 1986 @ 9:00 PM EST on PBS
Soviet film directors have one advantage over Westerners: the state takes care of the budget. But in return, the state expects firm control over all productions. Dinara Asanova, one of the few female directors of Soviet features, knows how to bend the rules-departing from approved scripts and changing characters and locations, with controversial results.