In the late 1950s and early 1960s Soviet film-makers were given a less constricted environment, and while censorship remained, films emerged which began to be recognised outside the Soviet bloc such as "Ballad of a Soldier" which won the 1961 BAFTA Award for Best Film and the 1958 Palme d'Or winning "The Cranes Are Flying". "The Height" (1957) is considered to be one of the best films of the 1950s (it also became the foundation of the Bard movement). Yet, some important films did not receive a wide release; "The Story of Asya Klyachina" (1966), "Commissar" (1967), "Brief Encounters" (1967).