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The White Reindeer (1952)

Posted on December 19, 2020 at 7:37 am by Jeff Kuykendall

Deep in the Arctic wilderness of Lapland, the young Sámi woman Pirita (Mirjami Kuosmanen), newly married to the kind but intimately remote reindeer herder Aslak (Kalervo Nissilä), takes drastic measures to relieve her sexual frustration. During one of her husband’s … Continue reading →

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Kashchei the Immortal (1944)

Posted on May 27, 2020 at 2:11 pm by Jeff Kuykendall

After completing in rapid succession the Russian fantasy films Wish Upon a Pike (1938), Vassilisa the Beautiful (1939), and The Humpbacked Horse (1941), Aleksandr Rou wouldn’t make another full length feature film for three years, as the war relocated Soyuzdetfilm … Continue reading →

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The Stone Flower (1946)

Posted on May 20, 2020 at 11:23 am by Jeff Kuykendall

Soviet cinema’s master fantasist, Aleksandr Ptushko, forged the path that would make his reputation following a forced hiatus from filmmaking during WWII. He had previously supervised the production of a number of stop-motion shorts for Mosfilm as well as directed … Continue reading →

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