Soviet cinema

Profiles of actors and filmmakers from the Soviet film industry, covering how they trained, the studios and films that made them famous, and how their careers continued after the USSR.

A portrait photograph of actress Svetlana Toma.

Soviet cinema

Svetlana Toma: Rada of Tabor Goes to Heaven

Svetlana Toma is a Moldovan-born Soviet and Russian actress, best known for playing Rada in Emil Loteanu’s 1976 film Tabor Goes to Heaven. She was born in Chișinău, built her career in the Soviet film system, and later worked widely in Russian film and television. That history is