Съветска режисура, български сюжет: филмът „България“ (1946) между пропагандата и документалистиката
Soviet Directing, Bulgarian Plot: Film “Bulgaria” (1946) between Propaganda and Documentary

Summary/Abstract: Creating the Eastern Bloc in the postwar era entailed an intricate process which included the transformation and adjustment of Soviet institutions and politics in the countries with new communist regimes. This article presents and analyzes the first Soviet-Bulgarian documentary about Bulgaria. In 1946 Bulgarian and Soviet cinematographers started working on the first joint film production, the documentary “Earth, Culture and Life of the Bulgarian People”. The final title of the film remained only "Bulgaria". This film was the first Soviet lesson in propaganda cinema under Soviet occupation in Bulgaria and was part of a series of similar Soviet films for the different countries in Eastern Europe at the beginning of the Cold War. In this article the film “Bulgaria” (1946) is analysed in the context of the policies of Sovietization as a significant component of the Soviet Union’s strategy in Eastern Europe after 1945 ‒ defined here as "occupation of the image".

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