Cloth. 12mo. 16 pages. [36] leaves of plates. 74 ill. 20 cm. In German. Series: Schaubücher 2. Collection of iconic images from Russian Revolution-era films including Ivan the Terrible and Battleship Potemkin. Includes many films by Sergie Eisenstein and other modernist Soviet Jewish filmakers. "Anatoly Vasilievich Lunacharsky, Lenin's commissar for culture, believed that "aristocratic" arts such as ballet were the rightful heritage of the workers. He fought hard against the "revolutionaries" who insisted that ballet give way to physical culture, gymnastics, and folk dance. For the Bolshoi, this was disastrous" (Plisetskaya, 2001). SUBJECT (S) : Motion pictures -- Soviet Union -- Pictorial works. "Zu den Bildern, " by Leo Hirsch: pages 13-16. Pages are slightly stained, but all text is clear. Good condition. (HOLO2-39-29)