Church, Tsar, Cinema. The religious censorship of films in Russia in pre-revolutionary period
https://doi.org/10.69975/2074-0832-2024-60-2-30-41
Abstract
The article is devoted to the topic of the relationship between orthodoxy church and cinema in Russia of the pre-revolutionary period. The author examines the main reasons of the hostility to films of the religious content on the side of priests, first of all Holy Synod is meant. A special attention in the text is paid a position of Russian Tzar. His hesitation and dualism of the personal attitude to the cinema was wrong for the deal of the improvement of mutual understanding between religious institutions and new art.
About the Author
A. E. KochetkovaRussian Federation
Alitsiia E. Kochetkova, historian, historian-political scientist, Candidate of science degree of PhD in Art history
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Kochetkova A.E. Church, Tsar, Cinema. The religious censorship of films in Russia in pre-revolutionary period. Vestnik VGIK. 2024;16(2(60)):30-41. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.69975/2074-0832-2024-60-2-30-41
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