A squadron of American warplanes, armed with gas developed by Corsican chemist Gannimer (dubbed "Napoleon Gas") flies to Leningrad. American workers inform soviet comrades about the impending catastrophe.
The Unseen Threat: Deconstructing Semyon Timoshenko's 'Napoleon-gaz' In the tumultuous landscape of early Soviet cinema, where art was often a direct extension of political ideology, certain films emerge not just as historical artifacts but as potent, if sometimes blunt, instruments of persuasion. Se...
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Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
Semyon Timoshenko
Alexander Butler
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" The Unseen Threat: Deconstructing Semyon Timoshenko's 'Napoleon-gaz' In the tumultuous landscape of early Soviet cinema, where art was often a direct extension of political ideology, certain films emerge not just as historical artifacts but as potent, if sometimes blunt, instruments of persuasion. Semyon Timoshenko's Napoleon-gaz stands as a fascinating, and perhaps chillingly prescient, example of this phenomenon. Released during a period of intense international suspicion an..."
Roman Rubinshtein
Semyon Timoshenko
Soviet Union
