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Socialist realism is a style of realistic art that was developed in the ___MASK78___ and became a dominant style in that country as well as in other socialist countries . Socialist realism is characterized by the glorified depiction of communist values , such as the emancipation of the proletariat , by means of realistic imagery . Although related , it should not be confused with social realism , a type of art that realistically depicts subjects of social concern . The 9th Cannes Film Festival was held from 23 April to 10 May 1956 . The Palme d ' Or went to " The Silent World " by Jacques - Yves Cousteau and Louis Malle . The festival opened with " Marie - Antoinette reine de ___MASK60___ ", directed by Jean Delannoy and closed with " Il tetto " by Vittorio De Sica . The Silent World is a 1956 French documentary film co - directed by the famed French oceanographer Jacques - Yves Cousteau and a young Louis Malle . " The Silent World " is noted as one of the first films to use underwater cinematography to show the ocean depths in color . Its title derives from Cousteau ' s 1953 book "". It was released in the United States by ___MASK3___ Pictures . Mother ( Russian :  , translit . Mat , also released as 1905 ) is a 1955 Soviet drama film directed by Mark Donskoy and based on the eponymous novel by Maxim Gorky . It was entered into the 1956 Cannes Film Festival . Mark Semyonovich Donskoy ( 21 March 1981 ) was a Soviet film director . His most famous work ( Stalin Prize in 1941 ) was the " Gorky Trilogy ", consisting of " The Childhood of Maxim Gorky ", " My Apprenticeship ", and " My Universities ". Alexei Maximovich Peshkov ( or  18 June 1936 ), primarily known as Maxim ( Maksim ) Gorky , was a Russian and Soviet writer , a founder of the socialist realism literary method and a political activist . He was also a five - time nominee for the Nobel Prize in Literature . Around fifteen years before success as a writer , he frequently changed jobs and roamed across the ___MASK80___ ; these experiences would later influence his writing . Gorky ' s most famous works were " The Lower Depths " ( 1902 ), " Twenty - six Men and a Girl ", " The Song of the Stormy Petrel ", " The Mother ", " Summerfolk " and " Children of the Sun ". He had an association with fellow Russian writers Leo Tolstoy and Anton Chekhov ; Gorky would later mention them in his memoirs . ___MASK42___ , also officially known as the ___MASK80___ , was a state that existed from 1721 until it was overthrown by the short - lived liberal February Revolution in 1917 . One of the largest empires in world history , stretching over three continents , the ___MASK80___ was surpassed in landmass only by the British and Mongol empires . The rise of the ___MASK80___ happened in association with the decline of neighboring rival powers : the Swedish Empire , the Polish  Lithuanian Commonwealth , Persia and the ___MASK70___ . It played a major role in 1812  14 in defeating Napoleon ' s ambitions to control Europe , and expanded to the west and south . A film director is a person who directs the making of a film . Generally , a film director controls a film ' s artistic and dramatic aspects , and visualizes the script while guiding the technical crew and actors in the fulfillment of that vision . The director has a key role in choosing the cast members , production design , and the creative aspects of filmmaking . Under ___MASK71___ law , the director is viewed as the author of the film . The Cannes Festival ( French : Festival de Cannes ), named until 2002 as the International Film Festival (" Festival international du film ") and known in English as the Cannes Film Festival , is an annual film festival held in Cannes , ___MASK60___ , which previews new films of all genres , including documentaries , from all around the world . Founded in 1946 , the invitation - only festival is held annually ( usually in May ) at the Palais des Festivals et des Congrès . The Lower Depths (" Na dne ", literally : ' At the bottom ') is perhaps the best known of Maxim Gorky ' s plays . It was written during the winter of 1901 and the spring of 1902 . Subtitled " Scenes from Russian Life ," it depicted a group of impoverished Russians living in a shelter near the Volga . Produced by the ___MASK27___ Arts Theatre on December 18 , 1902 , Konstantin Stanislavski directed and starred . It became his first major success , and a hallmark of Russian social realism .