Partiya
AnimationShort
An allegorical film about the historical rise and decline of the USSR as reflected through a chess game.
Director
Elvira Avakyan
Writers
N/A
Stars
N/A
Language
Armenian, Russian
Country
Soviet Union
π¬ Technical Specs
Color
Color
Production
Armenfilm
π·οΈ Keywords
playchessrussianglasnostbolshevik
π― Categories
AnimationShort
π‘ Did You Know?
Toward the end of the film, the general-like character sitting on top of the house of cards with the swelling chest of multiple playing-card military medals is an allusion to Soviet leader Lenoid Brezhnev.
π Synopsis
An allegorical film about the historical rise and decline of the USSR as reflected through a chess game.