Propaganda and music in the context of the Soviet Union in the Stalinist period. The case of the film Alexander Nevsky

Abstract

It can be expressed that all music, and in general, all artistic disciplines carried out in the Soviet Union of the interwar period, were strongly conditioned by current policy. In the film studied, it can be seen how the director and the composer, due to the political pressure to which they were subjected, were forced to make a film according to the complex characteristics of the contemporary system. Due to this pressure, and as a way to seek acceptance in their projects, Soviet authors sought a common root for the Russian people: ancient popular traditions. The film, loaded with propaganda content, is a clear example of how the artists of the moment had to perform tribute to communism and the Soviet Union.