East side story / Anda Films presents ; produced in association with WDR with the participation of DocStar/Canal+ ; produced by Andrew Horn ; directed by Dana Ranga ; [written by Dana Ranga and Andrew Horn].

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"That's Entertainment," Communist style. A documentary of Soviet and Eastern bloc communist musical films. Comrades drive tractors, sweep factory floors, feed farm animals, harvest crops, all the while singing their hearts out about the joys of socialism. Included are interviews with people involved...

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Corporate Authors: Anda Films (Firm), Westdeutscher Rundfunk, Docstar (Firm), Studio Canal+, Kino International Corporation
Other Authors: Ranga, Dana, Horn, Andrew
Language:English
Multiple languages
Language and/or Writing System:
Narration in English, interviews and songs in various languages with English subtitles.
Published: New York, NY : Kino International Corp., [2000], ©2000.
Subjects:
Musical films > Soviet Union > History and criticism.
Musical films > Europe, Eastern > History and criticism.
Motion pictures > Soviet Union > History > 20th century.
Motion pictures > Europe, Eastern > History > 20th century.
Motion pictures in propaganda > Europe, Eastern.
Motion pictures in propaganda > Soviet Union.
Motion pictures > Censorship > Europe, Eastern.
Motion pictures > Censorship > Soviet Union.
Propaganda, Communist > Soviet Union.
Propaganda, Communist > Europe, Eastern.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (78 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: Video DVD
Contents:
  • Film excerpts: Antique coin (Bulgaria, 1965)
  • Adventure in Marienstadt (Poland, 1954)
  • Handful of notes (GDR, 1961)
  • Vacation on the Black Sea (Romania, 1963)
  • My wife wants to sing (GDR, 1958)
  • New Years punch (GDR, 1960)
  • Wayward wife (Czech., 1965)
  • I don't want to marry (Romania, 1961)
  • Carnival night (USSR, 1957)
  • Jolly Fellows (USSR, 1934)
  • Volga, Volga (USSR, 1938)
  • Swineherd and the shepherd (USSR, 1941)
  • Tractor drivers (USSR, 1939)
  • Bright path (USSR, 1940)
  • Cossacks of the Kuban River (USSR, 1946)
  • At 6PM at the end of the war (USSR, 1944)
  • Ernst Thalman, class leader (GDR, 1955)
  • Midnight revue (GDR, 1962)
  • Lovable white mouse (GDR, 1964)
  • Hot summer (GDR, 1968)
  • No cheating darling (GDR, 1973)
  • Woman on the rails (Czech., 1965).