The Soviet Cinema of 1920s: Problems, Tendency And Tasks

Abstract

The article shows how the Bolsheviks organized the cinematographic process in 1920s and what problems they faced. It interprets the meaning of the “national cinema” with a view to understand how it impacted feature films. It examined, as an example, the Jewish cinema experience. The canon of plot schemes and schemes of heroes is analyzed based on the cinema press and feature films.

Keywords

• the bolsheviks
• propaganda tool
• the soviet cinema
• a cinema press
• a “national” film
• the jewish cinema
• shtetl, traditional images
• new images