The Director the Soviets Couldn't Break

Stream the cinema of Parajanov now with a free 7-day trial on Klassiki → (https://films.klassiki.online/checkou...) The USSR jailed Sergei Parajanov twice; but then a Soviet chief handed him the keys to a film studio. From the wild folk poetry of Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors to the living tableaux of The Colour of Pomegranates, the Armenian master built a cinema unlike anything before or since. We explore how his final two features, The Legend of Suram Fortress and Ashik Kerib, became a farewell meditation on the cultures of the Caucasus, and a last act of defiance from the man the Soviet system could never quite silence. → What is Klassiki? Your go-to streaming platform for curated cinema from Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, Central Asia, and beyond. → Follow us: Instagram:   / klassiki.online   X/Twitter:   / klassiki_online   Facebook:   / klassiki-100052319903979   Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/Klassiki/ Website: https://films.klassiki.online 🎞 Written by Sam Goff 🎬 Narrated & Edited by Ewan Waddell (www.instagram.com/ewan.runescape) #Parajanov #TheColorofPomegranates #SergeiParajanov #Klassiki #VideoEssay #FilmAnalysis #EuropeanCinema #Arthouse