List of Soviet films of the 1940s

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A list of films produced in the Soviet Union between 1940 and 1949:

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The following lists events that happened during 1940 in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

The following lists events that happened during 1949 in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.