Ever since movies were first produced in the Soviet Union, their main points have been lifted from the party line. "Down with bourgeois decadence!" cried the hero, and the heroine cried back, "Long live collective farms and the Five-Year Plan!" But a couple of new notes have recently crept into Soviet movies. One is love, another material success.
The long-live-love note was struck this month in Paris when the Russians showed seven of their latest and best films at three Paris theaters to celebrate Soviet Film Week. The purpose: to show Soviet film wares...
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