FILM "THE RETURN OF NATHAN BECKER": NATIONAL FORM AND SOCIALISTIC CONTENT
Mokeev Anton Borisovich
Saint Petersburg Mining University
Submitted: 31.01.2019
Abstract. The article considers the history of the film "The Return of Nathan Becker" (1932). The author focuses on analyzing the scriptwriting. The research is based on the following sources: materials of the Central State Archives of Literature and Arts of Saint Petersburg, Peretz Markish’s libretto, the minutes of the Creative Review Committee meetings and the general meeting of the Association of Workers of Revolutionary Cinematography of Belgoskino film company. The paper analyses how Soviet ideological doctrines are represented in the movie’s artistic conception.
Key words and phrases: "Возвращение Нейтана Беккера", советский кинематограф, сценарное дело, национальный вопрос, идеология, социалистическая организация труда, "The Return of Nathan Becker", Soviet cinematography, scriptwriting, national issue, ideology, socialistic organization of labour
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