From Taboo to Controversial Narratives of World War II in Russian War Cinema Post-Glasnost`. Anti-Heroes in Penal Battalions
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: The article aims to reveal de-heroicising patterns of World War II in recent Russian films about a previously forbidden topic in the Soviet period – Soviet penal battalions (shtrafbats). Still a controversial topic, the recent films and TV series on this topic disclose new heroic approaches and ways of constructing World War II's (unsung) heroes. On the one hand, these filmic
Author: Olga Grădinaru
Language: English
Topic: Cinema History and Criticism
Subfield: Visual Arts and Performing Arts
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4411580839