Iluminace 1994, 6(4):47-74

Mother and child. Forty-five seconds of dialogue in The Smiling Country (1952)

Ivan Klimeš
Národní filmový archiv

An analysis of the propaganda film Usměvavá zem (The Smiling Land, 1952) about the collectivization of a village in the context of the centralized dramaturgy of state cinema after the communists came to power in Czechoslovakia.

Keywords: film Smiling Land (1952); film propaganda; film and politics; film dramaturgy; state film

Published: December 1, 1994  Show citation

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Klimeš, I. (1994). Mother and child. Forty-five seconds of dialogue in The Smiling Country (1952). Iluminace, 6(4), 47-74
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