Interpretation of Dreams (1990)

Original title

Толкование сновидений

Directed by

Andrei Zagdansky

Genre

documentary film

Country

Soviet Union

Runtime

52 min

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary uses Sigmund Freud's psychoanalytic theories to examine major 20th century European events including the rise of Nazism and Communism. It incorporates quotes from Freud's writings that were banned in the Soviet Union at the time.

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What happens

Interpretation of Dreams (a.k.a. Tolkovanie snovideniy) is a 1990 feature documentary film by Andrei Zagdansky, produced in the Soviet Union during the perestroika period. Using extensive quotes from several Freudian works still banned by the Soviet censorship at the time (The Interpretation of Dreams, Totem and Taboo, Civilization and Its Discontents) the documentary interprets the pivotal points of European history of the past century – the rise of Nazism and Communism - from a psychoanalytical point of view. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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