Historical Film: Eternal Struggle between the Facts and Myths
Historical Film: Eternal Struggle between the Facts and Myths

Summary/Abstract: The article examines the genre of historical film. It evaluates its documentary and historiographical possibilities, compares the relationship and value of written and visualized history for historical research, popularization, and teaching of history. It differentiates the approach to the processing of historical themes in documentary filmmaking and feature films. It evaluates the possibilities of cinematographic processing of historical events in comparison with the written description and the possibilities of cooperation of filmmakers with historians in film production. It also calls for a substantial expansion of the means of expression provided by digital production (CGI). Subsequently, it also deals with the possible role of the creator – director of film work and his responsibility for respecting historical facts, in the context of dynamically evolving technology, and its use in the circumstances of unlimited possibilities of digital production.

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