Russian
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*A citizen of Russia
*Russian language, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages
*''The Russians'', a b ...
: Русский вопрос, ''Russkiy vopros'') is a Soviet political drama by renowned filmmaker
Mikhail Romm
Mikhail Ilyich Romm (; – 1 November 1971) was a Soviet film director, screenwriter and pedagogue. He was named People's Artist of the USSR in 1950.
Life and career Early life
He was born in Irkutsk into a family of mixed Russian Jewish ...
Konstantin Simonov
Konstantin Mikhailovich Simonov, born Kirill Mikhailovich Simonov (, – 28 August 1979), was a Soviet author, war poet, playwright and wartime correspondent,Константин Михайлович Симонов // " Литературна ...
.Peter Rollberg, Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema Scarecrow Press, 2008, , 580 p.Mira Liehm, Antonín J. Liehm, The Most Important Art: : Soviet and Eastern European Film After 1945 University of California Press, 1980, , 57 p.
Plot
New York, 1946: a leading US newspaper company sends Harry Smith, a talented correspondent, to the
Soviet Union
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. His task is to write a scaremongering report about the Soviet belligerent and expansionist intentions in order to further a widespread campaign of propaganda undertaken by the
American media
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and the conservative elite. Harry, a former war correspondent, accepts the attractive deal and sets off to Soviet Russia only to fall in love with a country quite different from the picture shown by the "free press" in its
Cold War
The Cold War was a period of global Geopolitics, geopolitical rivalry between the United States (US) and the Soviet Union (USSR) and their respective allies, the capitalist Western Bloc and communist Eastern Bloc, which lasted from 1947 unt ...
adversary. Back in the United States, Harry finds himself torn by a dilemma between his consciousness as an honest journalist, and the menacing pressure of his superiors, forcing him to write a convenient untruth.
Premise
Keeping its ideological design in mind, ''The Russian Question'' remains a sophisticated and objective, if somewhat critical portrayal of American Cold War political society. Unlike many other Soviet propaganda films, Romm's drama takes on an American perspective, only showing the Soviet Union discussed in the movie for a short combination of shots. The bulk of the film is centered on American culture, society, politics, history, economy and way of life.
Cast
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Vsevolod Aksyonov
Vsevolod Nikolayevich Aksyonov (; 19 April 1902 – 29 March 1960) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor. Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1947).Yelena Kuzmina — ''Jessie West''
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Mikhail Astangov
Mikhail Fyodorovich Astangov (20 April 1965, born Ruzhnikov) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor. Astangov was born in Warsaw and died in Moscow. People's Artist of the USSR (1955).
Filmography
* '' The Conveyor of Death'' (1933) – ...
— ''McPherson''
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Mikhail Nazvanov
Mikhail Mikhailovich Nazvanov (; 12 April 1918 – 13 July 1964) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor. He was awarded Honored Artist of the RSFSR in 1949.
Biography
Mikhail Nazvanov was born in Moscow in the wealthy family of a large t ...
— ''Jack Gould''
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Boris Tenin
Boris Mikhailovich Tenin (; 23 March 1905, Kuznetsk – 8 September 1990, Moscow) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor and Pedagogy, pedagogue. People's Artist of the USSR (1981).
Biography
Boris Tenin was born in Kuznetsk in a famil ...
— ''Bob Murphy''
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Mariya Barabanova
Mariya Pavlovna Barabanova () (November 3, 1911, in Saint Petersburg – March 7, 1993, in Moscow) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actress. People's Artist of the RSFSR (1991).
Filmography
* '' Late for a Date'' (1936) – Mail deliver ...
Boris Poslavsky
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— ''Hardy''
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Gennady Yudin
Gennady Petrovich Yudin (; 27 March 1923, Moscow – 13 November 1989, Moscow) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor. Laureate of Stalin Prize (1951). Filmography
* ''The Russian Question'' (1947) as Parker
* ''Encounter at the Elbe'' (19 ...
— ''Parker''
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Sergei Antimonov
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Valentin Zubkov
Valentin Ivanovich Zubkov (; 12 May 1923 – 18 January 1979) was a Soviet film actor. He was born in Peschanoye Settlement of Ryazan Province. He finished Armavir Military Aviation School (1941–1943) and served as a pilot at frontlines of the ...
Mikhail Romm
Mikhail Ilyich Romm (; – 1 November 1971) was a Soviet film director, screenwriter and pedagogue. He was named People's Artist of the USSR in 1950.
Life and career Early life
He was born in Irkutsk into a family of mixed Russian Jewish ...
Vsevolod Aksyonov
Vsevolod Nikolayevich Aksyonov (; 19 April 1902 – 29 March 1960) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor. Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1947).Mikhail Astangov
Mikhail Fyodorovich Astangov (20 April 1965, born Ruzhnikov) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor. Astangov was born in Warsaw and died in Moscow. People's Artist of the USSR (1955).
Filmography
* '' The Conveyor of Death'' (1933) – ...
Mikhail Nazvanov
Mikhail Mikhailovich Nazvanov (; 12 April 1918 – 13 July 1964) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor. He was awarded Honored Artist of the RSFSR in 1949.
Biography
Mikhail Nazvanov was born in Moscow in the wealthy family of a large t ...
and
Boris Tenin
Boris Mikhailovich Tenin (; 23 March 1905, Kuznetsk – 8 September 1990, Moscow) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor and Pedagogy, pedagogue. People's Artist of the USSR (1981).
Biography
Boris Tenin was born in Kuznetsk in a famil ...
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Berlin International Film Festival
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