New Writings

The Films of Aleksandr Rou – Father of Soviet Fairy-Tale Cinema

Dr Deborah Allison traces the enchanted legacy of Aleksandr Rou, the director who transformed Soviet fantasy on screen.

  • Total running time 90min

Across a directorial career stretching from 1938 to 1972, Aleksandr Rou transformed the landscape of Soviet fantasy and fairy-tale filmmaking. From the heights of Stalinist propaganda cinema, through Khrushchev’s Thaw, and into the Brezhnev Stagnation era, his films celebrated the nation’s folkloric traditions while constantly refreshing them for new generations. In this illustrated presentation, Dr Deborah Allison introduces the work of one of the world’s great masters of fairy-tale cinema.

Tickets £6.50.