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Can anyone explain why Russia does not appear under the list of countries? We have all sorts of minnows but Russia is a big movie producer. The Former Soviet Union is an unacceptable alternative.

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As to why, my hypothesis would be that Ken also wanted to accommodate the large amount of films that were produced during the Soviet era, as it would be incorrect to list them as Russia. But that's just speculation on my part.

But you're quite right the system needs adjustments, and this is just one of them - Iran was discussed recently, to name just one example. Especially since we have Estonia as a separate CoO, which could also be classified as "Former Soviet Union" (no insult intended to any fellow Estonian users, I'm well aware of the sensitivities!). That's like having USA and California as separate CoO's...

To be correct, we would need Soviet Union (WITHOUT the Former) for pre-1991 movies and the independent former Soviet republics (as far as they have produced movies which have been released on DVD) for movies since 1991.

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The only CoO we have is Germany and we combine movies from the united Germany, West Germany, GDR, Nazi-Germany, Weimar and the Kaiserreich under this. I've never seen a German user complain about that.

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Well, the difference is that whereas you in Germany went through unification, the change in the former Soviet Union went the other way around. And not all Soviet films were actually Russian productions. Just one example is Tsemen (or "Chermeni"), a 1970 film from what is now Georgia.

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In theory you could class this as Georgian (if such a CoO existed), but would that be correct? Hmmm... In addition, it would require research by anyone submitting a Soviet film to find out whether it was actually Russian or came from somewhere else within the former Soviet Union.

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The only CoO we have is Germany and we combine movies from the united Germany, West Germany, GDR, Nazi-Germany, Weimar and the Kaiserreich under this. I've never seen a German user complain about that.

Consider me the first to complain.

Well, what's the alternative? Add DDR as a country? What country list would you propose to wholly cover all the political developments in German cinema? And more important, how would that be more truthful to German cinema history than just using Germany is? After all, movies like Metropolis or Triumph of the Will are usually referred to as German

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[...] After all, movies like Metropolis or Triumph of the Will are usually referred to as German

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As far as I'm concerned we'd only need Russia and the now independent countries. Russia would cover current Russia and whatever's considered a part of Russian cinema production history. We have  a similar situation in Germany. The only CoO we have is Germany and we combine movies from the united Germany, West Germany, GDR, Nazi-Germany, Weimar and the Kaiserreich under this. I've never seen a German user complain about that. So I can't see why we can't do the same for Russia. There are other examples of out ther of CoO that cover more than one existing or past nation.

Germany includes both BRD and DDR. Russia doesn't include all USSR republics.
BRD and DDR were both Germany.
Estonia, Ukraine and so, never were "Russian".

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http://www.invelos.com/Forums.aspx?task=viewtopic&topicID=334766&messageID=862584#M862584

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And more important, how would that be more truthful to German cinema history than just using Germany is?

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Estonia (like many other ex USSR republics) was a part of the USSR, not a part of Soviet Russia.