Commissar (1967). The film was banned for more than 20 years. Its banning, caused by dissatisfaction by the authorities with his "party" direction, and his refusal to change certain aspects pertaining to characterisation in the film (which they requested), put an end to his career as a director in the USSR.

Commissar

The montage of Komissar coincided with the end of the Six-Day War, and since Askoldov refused to change the ethnic origin of the

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