The Murderers are Coming
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The Murderers are Coming is a 1942 Soviet
film
directed by Vsevolod Pudovkin
and Yuri Tarich based on the play Fear and Misery of the Third Reich
by Bertolt Brecht
. The film was not allowed to screen by Soviet censors
.
Cinema of the Soviet Union
The cinema of the Soviet Union, not to be confused with "Cinema of Russia" despite Russian language films being predominant in both genres, includes several film contributions of the constituent republics of the Soviet Union reflecting elements of their pre-Soviet culture, language and history,...
film
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
directed by Vsevolod Pudovkin
Vsevolod Pudovkin
Vsevolod Illarionovich Pudovkin was a Russian and Soviet film director, screenwriter and actor who developed influential theories of montage...
and Yuri Tarich based on the play Fear and Misery of the Third Reich
Fear and Misery of the Third Reich
Fear and Misery of the Third Reich, , also known as The Private Life of the Master Race, is one of Bertolt Brecht's most famous plays and the first of his openly anti-Nazi works. It was first performed in 1938...
by Bertolt Brecht
Bertolt Brecht
Bertolt Brecht was a German poet, playwright, and theatre director.An influential theatre practitioner of the 20th century, Brecht made equally significant contributions to dramaturgy and theatrical production, the latter particularly through the seismic impact of the tours undertaken by the...
. The film was not allowed to screen by Soviet censors
Censorship in the Soviet Union
Censorship in the Soviet Union was pervasive and strictly enforced.Censorship was performed in two main directions:*State secrets were handled by Main Administration for Safeguarding State Secrets in the Press was in charge of censoring all publications and broadcasting for state...
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Cast
- Mikhail AstangovMikhail AstangovMikhail Fyodorovich Astangov , pseudonym of M.F. Ruzhnikov was a Soviet actor, and an acclaimed People's Artist of the USSR .-Selected filmography:* Minin and Pozharsky * Suvorov * The Murderers are Coming...
- Franz - Boris Blinov - Theo
- Sofiya Magarill
- Ada VojtsikAda VojtsikAda Ignatievna Vojtsik was a Russian actress.-Selected filmography:*Vsya korolevskaya rat *Vyzyvaem ogon na sebya *9 dney odnogo goda...
- Marta - Oleg Zhakov
- Olga ZhiznyevaOlga ZhiznyevaOlga Andryevna Zhiznyeva was a famous Russian actress.-Filmography:*Dostoyanie respubliki *Kremlyovskie kuranty *Tsvety zapozdalye as Knyaginya...
- Clara