O cinema como fonte histórica: o alvorecer do Realismo Socialista através das lentes de Tchapaiev (1934)

Abstract

The present work aims to analyze the film Tchapaiev (1934), a seminal work by the Vasíliev brothers that marked the trajectory of Socialist Realism in the Soviet cinematographic field. The proposed analysis is contextualized under the aegis of the new party guidelines regarding cultural and artistic production under Stalin, in the 1930s, proposing an investigation into the relationship between government and art in the Soviet Union. We seek to understand the emergence of cultural and political doctrine in the light of artistic movements that preceded Socialist Realism, as well as its close and complex connections with the current power. Based on the film production highlighted as a primary source, the new parameters and assumptions launched by Socialist Realism are discussed, and their importance in the political and artistic context of the 1930s in the Soviet Union.