Cinema of The Soviet Union - 1980s

1980s

The policies of perestroika and glasnost saw a loosening of the censorship of earlier eras. A genre known as "chernukha" (from the Russian word for "black"), including films such as Little Vera, portrayed the harsh realities of Soviet life. Notable films of this period include:

• The Pokrovsky Gate (1982) a made-for-television comedy starring Oleg Menshikov
• Repentance a.k.a. The Confession (1984), a Georgian film about a fictional dictator which was banned until 1987.
• Come and See (1985) a widely acclaimed World War II drama
• Kin-dza-dza! (1986) allegorical science fiction
• The Cold Summer of 1953 (1987) about criminals being released from the gulags after Stalin's death.
• Little Vera (1988) notable as one of the first Soviet films with sexually explicit scenes