The image of the White movement in the russian cinema of the 1940s-1950s
UDC 316.77:001.8 BBK 60.55.325.1:60.55.57Ρ
Comparative analysis of plot schemes, characters, and ideology of the Soviet sound films of 1931-1939, in varying degrees, affect the subject of the White movement, leads to the conclusion that the essential similarity of their media stereotypes. A content analysis of media texts on a topic related to the White movement allows generally submit their basic narrative scheme as follows: cruel and treacherous, cowardly and cunning Whites and their allies are trying to overthrow the Bolshevik power by all means available to them (military and / or guerrilla activities, intervention, rebellion, terrorism, espionage, bribery, etc.), but suffer inevitable defeat … However, due to the ensuing “thaw”, the images Whites served in a more humanized way in a number of films of the 1950s.
Keywords: White movement, Whites, screen, film, film studies, media studies, USSR, cinema, media texts, media competence, media education.