This study is a labour of love for Russian literature scholars Ben Hellman and Andrei Rogachevskii. Chock-full of fascinating and often witty footnotes, the main text provides a thorough account of the film's production.

Dr. Ben Hellman is a Lecturer at the University of Helsinki. He is the author of Fairy Tales and True Stories: The History of Russian Literature for Children and Young People (1574-2010) (Brill 2013).

Dr. Andrei Rogachevskii is the Russian Programme Director at the University of Glasgow.

Foreword to the Second Edition by Ian D. Thatcher VII
Preface to the Second Edition
Introduction
1. A Film in the Career of Casper Wrede
2. Costings and Funding
3. Pre-production
4. Filming
5. The Book—the Script—the Film: A Comparison
6. Reception
Epilogue and Conclusions
Acknowledgements
Selected Filmography and Bibliography
Appendix I. Casper Wrede's "Russia on My Mind" and "Letter to a Young Actor"
Appendix II. Student feedback after the viewing of One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
Appendix III. Mikhail Demin's drawings for the set
Appendix IV. Other illustrations
Appendix V. Staging the Unstageable: Casper Wrede's Production of Hope Against Hope (1983)
Index