Cinematheque: Red Hollywood: The Musicals of Grigori Alexandrov and Lubov Orlova
The Shining Path
Event Details
Date
Saturday, October 24, 2009
Time
7:30 p.m.
Location
Cinematheque, room 4070, Vilas Hall
Description
In a socialist Cinderella story, humble textile factory worker Tanya Morozova is awarded the highest Soviet medal, the Order of Lenin, and ascends the Party ladder. Made at the pinnacle of Orlova’s career, The Shining Path weds extra-overt ideology to extra spectacular musical numbers: watch and enjoy as Tanya personally operates 150 looms while singing. Russia, 1940, 35mm, b/w, 102 min., subtitled.
Cost
Free
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