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‘Imperium’ Review: Sergei Loznitsa Brings Together Nearly Three Hours of Italian Footage From the Early 1970s Covering the Vastness of the USSR

In the early 1970s, Italian film crews spread out across the USSR, capturing a vast, multicultural empire few had ever seen in such diversity. From urban commuters to village fêtes, Baku trawlers to Siberian reindeer herders, the cameramen aimed to…

This article was originally published by Variety and is republished here under license.

In the early 1970s, Italian film crews spread out across the USSR, capturing a vast, multicultural empire few had ever seen in such diversity. From urban commuters to village fêtes, Baku trawlers to Siberian reindeer herders, the cameramen aimed to capture the Soviet polity at a time when Westerners had a gray, monolithic image of […]

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