"This book offers new insight into the shifting pattern of morale during World War II and highlights a key moment in propaganda film history."--Back cover.
Propaganda witnessed a transformation during WWII, when film was fast becoming the most popular form of entertainment. This work compares how each country exploited their national cinema for political purposes. It looks at how both political propaganda films and escapist cinema …
Through an investigation of shorts and feature films, the author looks at how both political propaganda films and escapist cinema were critical in maintaining the morale of both civilians and the military and how this changed throughout the war.
"This book offers new insight into the shifting pattern of morale during World War II and highlights a key moment in propaganda film history."--Jacket.
The politics of the Soviet cinema 1917-1929
The politics of the Soviet cinema, 1917-1929
Much has been written about Soviet literature and its political significance in the years following the October Revolution, but little has been written about the cinema in the same context. And yet in 1922 Lenin said, 'Of all the arts, for us the cinema is the most important.' W…
The politics of the soviet cinema 1917-1929
Much has been written about Soviet literature and its political significance in the years following the October Revolution, but little has been written about the cinema in the same context. And yet in 1922 Lenin said, 'Of all the arts, for us the cinema is the most important.' W…
The Politics of the Soviet Cinema 1917-1929