When I was an undergrad in film school, one of the pillar courses was a two-semester film history class that would act as a broad survey to give us a foundation as aspiring filmmakers and workers. Naturally, this course was also about its own limitations—the final project was arguing for movements or moments that were left out of the course, and why they should be included in the future.
Ordinary Fascism has become a classic in left-wing, anti-fascist film history, and its cult-like status amongst modern pro-Soviet nostalgics is ironic considering that many contemporaries of Romm considered it to also be his thinly veiled statement against the authoritarianism within the Soviet Union’s own bureaucracy. Operation Y And Other Shurik’s Adventures Leonid Gaidai was one of the most popular comedy directors in the post-war Soviet Union.