Recepción del cine soviético en España: una historia entre guerras, censuras y aperturas

Zusammenfassung

This article reconstructs the history of Soviet cinema exhibition in Spain since the 20s to late 90s of the last century. Through file producers and distributors, the use of magazines of the time tested two hypotheses. First, in Spain, the Soviet cinema that was shown was conditioned by the vicissitudes of history (one hand, in Spain the 2nd Republic and the Civil War (1931-1939), the Franco regime, where the film was banned until 1966, when Kozintsev�s Don Quixote was released in Madrid, the arrival of democracy and, on the other hand, the Soviet Union, Stalin until 1953, the Thaw (1954-1961) and Gorbachev�s perestroika. And, second hipothesis, the Soviet cinema was known in circles minority and particular thanks to the efforts of dealers or amateur who, through films-club or films series at Film Festivals, broadcast these films avoiding censorship.