由亚历山大·索科洛夫领衔主演的苏联挽歌是一部综合评分5.0分的其它剧情片。“Itisafilmfromanextendedseries.Itishardtosaywhoisthemaincharacterof“TheSovietElegy.”Therearemorethanahundredfacesofourcompatriots.But,ofcourse,itisnotbychancethatitisthedestinyofafamouspoliticalfigure,BorisNikolayevitchYeltsin,thatbearsaspecialaccentinthefilm.Thoughhegottopowerfollowingquitetypicalways,hisuncommoncharacterputshimoutoftheordinary,andintheauthor’sopinionitmaybedeterminedbyhisuncommonhumannature.Ourheroexistswithinthetragicpatternofthesovietsocialistlife.Heisacharacterofadrama,ofwhichheisoneoftheauthors.“TheSovietElegy”canhardlybecalledadocumentaryfilminthepropersense.Ofcourse,theauthorguaranteestheaccuracyofchronology,butheinsistsonanartisticmodeofthinking,notonapoliticalorhistoricalinvestigation.”