Berlioz’s head: why missing episodes of the films? – BBC Russian

• 5 May 2015

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Vladimir Bortko said that the channel “Russia-1″ has violated the terms of the contract with him

Members of social networks puzzled and disturbed solution channel “Russia-1″ cut from an episode of the series of Vladimir Bortko “The Master and Margarita.” This is not the first case of reduction of popular movies and TV shows on Russian television.

On the eve of the network, there were reports about the audience that in the first episode, filmed in 2005, is not an episode where the character of the film Michael Berlioz dies under the wheels of the tram, and the frame is shown cut away the head.

In the channel explained that the show was broadcast in the daytime, when the law forbids to show scenes of violence.

Members of social networks at once noticed that the show there are other episodes that channel probably also have to cut at show subsequent series.

“I have a question to those who are screaming about freedom of speech, why Berlioz’s head was cut, and the scene where the tear head of ceremonies at the Variety not? Censorship is not it? The Ministry of the “truth” is that? “- Wrote user” VKontakte “Ivan Erdni.

” It is they who before did not reach the ball Woland if introduced daily censorship, why strike sharply – even in the evening, “- writes in” Twitter “Valery Ovten wearer.

From “Mimino” to “Brother”

This is not the first time that the Russian TV cut scenes from popular films and TV series that were previously demonstrated in the full version.

In November last year, the Internet was a scandal in connection with the screening of the film by Alexei Balabanov’s “Brother” (1997) on the channel “TV-1000 . “The audience noticed that the movie has been deleted scene where the hero Sergei Bodrov in a rigid form makes Caucasians-free riders pay the fare on the tram.

Members noted that the Russian audience has long been pilfered the movie to quotes, so cut “intolerant” scene there was no point.

When showing the same movie on the channel “Ren” May 3 viewers pay attention to another cut scene where the bandits raped girlfriend of the protagonist – a tram driver Light.

In summer 2009, bloggers protested the fact that at the show on the Russian TV channel “2 × 2″ of the popular animated series “South Park” episode was cut with the participation of Vladimir Putin, who at the time was the prime minister of Russia.

In a deleted scene from the cartoon characters Kyle calls Putin to assist in sending a whale on the moon, and he decides that this rally of US President George W. Bush.

From the film “Mimino” at different times of the various episodes disappeared

Removing previously shown scenes from the movie are actively practiced in the Soviet times. For example, during the so-called anti-alcohol campaign in 1980 “under the knife” were many scenes of feasts.

In 1950 – 60 years under Nikita Khrushchev of the Soviet films were cut all the episodes where there was Joseph Stalin, as the country was criticized by the Soviet leader’s personality cult. In particular, the character of Stalin was cut out of the picture by Mikhail Romm “Lenin in October” (1937 ).

more episodes with Stalin was cut from the film “Lenin in October”

The record for the number of cut scenes at different times belong to the comedy of George Danelia “Mimino” (1977), which is censored several times, but almost all the scenes were eventually returned to the movie.

When Leonid Brezhnev was removed from the film scene where the main characters (Armenians and Georgians) traveling in the lift with two Japanese and one Japanese person says to another: “How then are these Russian on one person!”

Later, the film disappeared from the scene of the call of Germany in Telavi to hit Tel Aviv, was under threat and the episode with the actor Savely Kramarova who emigrated from the Soviet Union.

Finally, under Mikhail Gorbachev (through anti-alcohol campaign) was gone feast scene in the restaurant of the hotel “Russia”.