<p><strong>Newsreels from the 50s and 60s bring Soviet propaganda to life.</strong></p>

<p>Following on from his 2005 film <em>Blockade</em>, director Sergei Loznitsa unearths another collection of newsreels from the Soviet Union, this time from the 50s and 60s, to allow a glimpse into a side of the Cold War not often seen in the West. Uncovering the forgotten past of the USSR, <em>Revue </em>shows the propaganda films that sold a brave fantasy of communism to the Eastern Bloc masses.<br /><br />Exploring the lives of the citizens of the Soviet motherland, <em>Revue</em> shows the hardworking, honest and deprived people whose many lives are illuminated by the glorious illusion of communism. A fascinating glimpse of the power of propaganda.<br />