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Iron Curtain Directors
Francine Stock delves into the archives to hear what was it like working behind the Iron Curtain, when every dot and comma of a script had to be passed by the censor.
With Francine Stock
What was it like working behind the Iron Curtain, when every dot and comma of a script had to be passed by the censor. Francine delves into the archives and hears from Milos Forman, Andrzej Wajda, Agnieszka Holland, Miklos Jancso, Jerzy Skolimowski, Krzysztof Zanussi, Jiri Menzel and Andrei Konchalovsky.
Last on
Sun 27 Jun 202123:00
BBC Radio 4
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- Thu 24 Jun 202116:00BBC Radio 4
- Sun 27 Jun 202123:00BBC Radio 4
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