One hundred years of Marlen Khutsiev | Klassiki Podcast

2025 is the centenary year of one of Soviet cinema’s true greats: Marlen Khutsiev, whose films from the fifties and sixties captured the excitement of the post-war years. If there was such a thing as the Soviet New Wave, then Khutsiev was its beating heart. In films like I Am Twenty and July Rain, he borrowed from the neorealists in Italy and iconoclasts in France to depict a society on the brink of transformation.  To celebrate Khutsiev in his 100th year, host Sam Goff is joined by Boris Nelepo, programmer, critic, and Co-Head of Programming at the DocLisboa Film Festival, who befriended the filmmaker at the end of his life.  Watch Khutsiev’s classic films I Am Twenty (http://films.klassiki.online/i-am-twenty) and Spring on Zarechnaya Street (http://films.klassiki.online/spring-on-zarechnaya-street) on Klassiki now and read Boris’s tribute to his friend here (https://harvardfilmarchive.org/programs/marlen-khutsiev-unsung-master-of-the-modern-cinema). Sign up for a free 7-day trial at klassiki.online (http://klassiki.online). Follow us Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/klassiki.online/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Klassiki_Online Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/p/Klassiki-100052. Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/Klassiki/ Website: https://films.klassiki.online #Klassiki #svod #streaming #cinema #film #movie #worldcinema #podcast #MarlenKhutsiev #IAmTwenty #BorisNelepo