UCL Lunch Hour Lecture with Dr Rachel Morley: Russian Cinema in 1915

In this lecture Dr Rachel Morley will examine Russian cinema in 1915, a key year in the development of this art form.

Exploring Russian feature films released that year from the perspectives of cinematic innovation, thematic concerns, the developing star system and popular genres, it will provide a snapshot of the type of films enjoyed by Russian cinema-goers a century ago and demonstrate the richness and sophistication of the pre-Revolutionary Russian film industry. 

Image shows Vera Karalli in Evgenii Bauer's Posle smerti (After Death, 1915) courtesy of BFI. 

Lunch Hour Lectures take place 13:15 - 13:55, are free, require no pre-booking, and are open to anyone on a first-come, first-served basis. 

All lectures are streamed live online and can be watched by clicking on the Watch Lunch Hour Lectures online link. Lectures can also be watched from one week after the event on the LHL YouTube channel where all lectures will be subtitled. Alternatively, lectures can also be downloaded from iTunes U and from SoundCloud.