East Side Story (1997)
1h 18m
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June 25, 1997Release Date
Plot.
A look at Communist musicals that strove to be ideologically correct - and entertaining, besides.
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East Side Story is a 1997 documentary directed by Dana Ranga. The film documents the Soviet Bloc musical genre, which first appeared under Stalin and spread to Soviet-occupied Eastern Europe. The film features interviews with actors, film historians, and audience members who reminisce on these unlikely films and their impact on Soviet Bloc life.