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Title The State Takes Care of Them
Production Date 1982
Country of Production USSR
Duration 00:19:46
Production Company Riga Film Studios
Film Subject Era Post-1975
Genre Documentary
Summary An exploration of the social welfare system in the Soviet Union, with a focus on the elderly population and their lives on a state pension, the rehabilitation of people with disabilities and injuries, and the working lives and education of visually impaired and deaf people.
Original Title О них заботится государство
Subjects Social welfare; Elderly people; Pensions; Health and medicine; Workers; Work and employment; Family life; Leisure; Health and medicine; Science; Medical equipment; Technology; Education; Schools; Sports and games; Disability
Director Mass, V.
Contributors
Script:
Sheinin, B.

Camera:
Plotke, V.

Places USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics); Leningrad (St Petersburg, Petrograd); Riga
Fiction/Non Fiction Non Fiction
Sound Sound
Colour Format Colour
Film Format 16mm Comb col pos
Language English (Narrator)
Module Culture & Society
Copyright The British Film Institute