Cinema

Russian film production stood out since the 1917 revolution by exploring editing as the primary form of cinematographic expression. Filmmakers of the Soviet era, particularly Sergei Eisenstein and Andrei Tarkovski, are among the most innovative and influential cinematographers in the world. Lev Kuleshov, Eisenstein's professor, cinematographer and theorist, formulated the innovative process called montage at the world's first film school, the Gerasimov Russian State University of Cinematography in Moscow.

Many Soviet films were artistically successful, for example "Chapaev", "The Cranes Are Flying" and "Ballad of a Soldier".