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Iron Curtain Directors

Francine Stock delves into the archives to hear what was it like working behind the Iron Curtain, when every dot and comma of a script had to be passed by the censor.

With Francine Stock

What was it like working behind the Iron Curtain, when every dot and comma of a script had to be passed by the censor. Francine delves into the archives and hears from Milos Forman, Andrzej Wajda, Agnieszka Holland, Miklos Jancso, Jerzy Skolimowski, Krzysztof Zanussi, Jiri Menzel and Andrei Konchalovsky.

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28 minutes

Last on

Sun 27 Jun 2021 23:00

Broadcasts

  • Thu 24 Jun 2021 16:00
  • Sun 27 Jun 2021 23:00

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