The Image of a Spy in the Soviet Cinema, 1946 – 1968

Student: Zobnina Elena

Supervisor: Aleksandr Chashchukhin

Faculty: Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities (Perm)

Educational Programme: History (Bachelor)

Year of Graduation: 2020

The history of relations between the socialist and capitalist blocs during the Cold War includes a large number of espionage scandals, classified operations and myths about the subversive activities of foreign agents in different parts of the world. Of course, complete and reliable information about backstage battles rarely reached the average person. Spy novels and movies were designed to maintain the psychological tension that existed in society. The public reception of the spy and spying was evolved in the Soviet Union and it was reflected in the plots and characters transformations. This paper aim is to analyze the evolution of the Soviet spy cinema of the postwar period in the context of the cultural history and the social changes in the Soviet Union, and the relations with the political opponents.

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