Soviet films tend to be rather culture-specific and are difficult for many foreigners to understand without having been exposed to the culture first.
Those works are the link between the present and the future in Soviet film.
Together, they are also the 31st and the 32nd highest-grossing Soviet films ever.
The spirit of glasnost can be detected in this Soviet film about a government official who leaves his wife for a young nurse.
"These old Soviet films are very sentimental and immensely popular."
She also acted in a number of Soviet films for children.
Instead, she has composed background music for some 20 Soviet films.
She appeared in small but memorable parts in numerous Soviet films.
It's getting an audience who've never seen a Soviet film before.
It was made into a 1980 Soviet film.