• Director: Ivan Dykhovichnyy
  • Release Year: 1992
  • Production Country: Russia, France, Germany
  • Language: Russian

Prorva (Moscow Parade)

Description

In Stalin's Russia, all seems to be pomp and circumstance, but underneath the outward appearance of strength and uniformity lies a very different world, a world where deviance and sexuality mimic the power structures of the ruling elite; it is through this dark world that the charming and vivacious former aristocrat, Anna, now married to an officer of the Secret Police, must negotiate.

Themes

Joseph Stalin (1879 – 1953), Soviet Union (U.S.S.R. 1922 – 1991), Aristocracy, Sexuality, Tyranny, Morals and taboos, Tradition and culture, Political corruption, Political intrigue, Social commentary