From Cranes to Cuba: how Kalatozov and Urusevsky reinvented Soviet cinema

We’ve reached the end of the second season of the show! Thank you to everyone who’s listened along so far. If you enjoy the show, please leave us a five-star review or a comment on your podcast app of choice. We’ll be back in 2025 with a new season, bigger and better than before. For the final episode of the season, we’re dipping back in to the archive of the Klassiki Journal for an essay on the groundbreaking collaboration between director Mikhail Kalatozov and cameraman Sergei Urusevsky. Over just seven years and three films, the duo turned Soviet cinema on its head with their revolutionary cinematography and depth of feeling, winning the Palme d’Or along the way.  Read the original piece here and make sure to explore our collection of classic Soviet titles, including Kalatozov’s Salt for Svanetia. Sign up for a free 7-day trial at klassiki.online.

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Delve into the wide world of Eastern European film with the Klassiki Podcast. Featuring interviews, roundtable discussions, recorded essays, and more, we take you beyond the headlines to explore the past, present, and future of this fascinating region. Klassiki is a streaming platform with a difference. Dedicated to cinema from Eastern Europe, we offer subscribers an ever-evolving library of classic and contemporary titles, as well as highlighting recent releases and festival favourites – meaning we’re the only place to discover the best new voices in eastern European film. Subscribers get access to all this, as well as filmmaker interviews, video essays and introductions, programme notes, and much more. Sign up for a free 7-day trial at klassiki.online.