Round 6: Tossup 16

In a film from this country, a boy is forced to watch as soldiers set fire to a barn with people inside. (15[1]-5[1])A room filled with (15[1])sand dunes appears in a 1979 (15[1])film from this country set in a mysterious “Zone.” A composer (15[1])from this country (15[1]-5[1])scored a nationalist film that includes the Battle on the Ice. (15[1])A film from this country combines images (15[1])of a woman’s face with broken glasses, a baby (*) carriage, and rebellious soldiers marching down the Odessa Steps. The films Come and See and Stalker were created in this country, whose montage-heavy films include Battleship Potemkin. For 10 points, name this home country of the directors Sergei Eisenstein (10[2])and (10[1])Andrei Tarkovsky. (10[1])■END■ (10[4]0[2])

ANSWER: Soviet Union [or the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; accept USSR or CCCP; accept Russia or Belarus or Ukraine] (Battle on the Ice is from Alexander Nevsky and is by Prokofiev.)
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