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  Spotlight on Larisa Shepitko

  Spotlight on Larisa Shepitko

  Scholar Barbora Bartunkova discusses Larisa Shepitko’s singular vision and fearless, exploratory approach to filmmaking.

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  Wings

  Wings

  Directed by Larisa Shepitko • 1966 • Soviet Union

  For her first feature after graduating from the All-Russian State Institute for Cinematography (VGIK), Larisa Shepitko trained her lens on the fascinating Russian character actress Maya Bulgakova, who gives a marvelous performance as a once heroi...

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  The Ascent

  The Ascent

  Directed by Larisa Shepitko • 1977 • Soviet Union
  Starring Boris Plotnikov, Vladimir Gostyukhin, Sergei Yakovlev

  The crowning triumph of a career cut tragically short, the final film from Larisa Shepitko won the Golden Bear at the 1977 Berlin Film Festival and went on to be hailed as one of the ...