简介：Madetocommemoratethe40thanniversaryoftheSovietvictoryovertheGermans.ThefilmwonsecondprizeattheXXIILeipzigFestivalofFilmsforChildren.InaGermanoncentrationcampRussianprisonersfashionaDonQuixotedollfromabitofmetal.Itbecomestheirsymbolofhope. ThelyricalfilmisbracketedwithreferencestotheSpanishCivilWar,whichledtodecadesofauthoritarianrulebyGeneralissimoFranco,andthe1973coupd’etatinChilewhichtoppledthesocialist,pro-SovietregimeofSalvadoreAllende.(“Clearskies”wasthecodewordwhichlaunchedFranco’s1936coup,supportedbythefascistgovernmentsofItalyandGermanyandopposedbytheUSSRandFrance). VladimirPaperny(writerandculturalhistorian):DonQuixoteisaninternationalculturalsymbol.Themessageofthefilmisthat“we”RussiansaretheprotectorsoftheculturalvaluesandEuropeanhumanitywhichtheGermanstriedtodestroy.…