Soviet Cinematography, 1918-1991

Dmitry Shlapentokh, Professor of History, Indiana University, South Bend, received his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago, and his Master's degrees in History from Moscow University and Michigan State University. The author of several articles on various issues in modem Russian history, Dr. Shlapentokh is also a writer of short stories and poetry in Russian. Vladimir Shlapentokh, Professor of Sociology, Michigan State University. He is the author of numerous books, professional articles, and newspaper columns on Soviet issues.

Preface
Acknowledgments
PART I
Theoretical and Historical Introduction
1. Social Reality and Ideology in Interaction
2. State, Ideology, and Film in Soviet History
PART II
Soviet Movies in the Revolutionary Period (1918-1928): Cordial Acceptance of Official Ideology
3. Soviet Movies in the Aftermath of the October Revolution: The Civil War

4. The Partial Restoration of Capitalism (1921-1929)



PART III
Movies During Stalin's Time: Total Submission to the Official Ideology

5. Stalin and Soviet Movies

6. Industrialization and Collectivization (1929-1934)
7. Time of Mass Terror (1934-1941)


8. The Great Patriotic War


9. Stalin's Postwar Years

PART IV
The Game with Official Ideology

10. Movies during the First Thaw (1954-1968): Timid Challenges to Official Ideology

11. Movies in the Period of Conservatism (1968-1985):
The Use of Diversified Official Ideology for Social Critique

PARTV
Soviet Cinematographers Reject Official Ideology:
Cinema during the Last Years of the Soviet Empire

12. The First Years of Freedom: The Beginning of the Offensive against Official Ideology


13. Movie Heroes 1986-1989
14. Total Freedom from Totalitarianism and Its Ideology




15. Russian Movies After the Fall of the Empire

References Illustrations Filmography Director List Index