With a historical sweep that recent events have made definitive, the authors examine the influence of Soviet ideology on the presentation of social reality in films produced in the Soviet Union between the October Revolution and the final days of glasnost.

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