Deborah Allison

Deborah Allison is a London-based cinema programmer and an associate research fellow at De Montfort University’s Cinema and Television History Research Centre. Her most recent books are The Films of Aleksandr Rou: Father of Soviet Fairy-Tale Cinema and Film Title Sequences: A Critical Anthology.

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Where to begin

Where to begin with Aleksandr Rou

Long overlooked in the West, Soviet director Aleksandr Rou’s dazzling, effects-driven fairytale films reveal a pioneering master of fantasy whose enchanting worlds deserve a central place in cinema history.

By Deborah Allison

Where to begin with Aleksandr Rou
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