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Synopsis: What was the role of the Baltic film actors in creating the figure of the enemy in the Soviet time cinema?
Many generations of Soviet people were raised in the spirit of Soviet war films that were blockbusters and propaganda films at the same time. And these films really created the image of the enemy. Our movie is dealing with the fact that the most Nazi villains in soviet war movies were played by Baltic actors.
It’s ironical fact that the reasons why the Baltic actors were chosen to play the Nazi roles in that time were mostly physiognomic, but the consequences were political. The paradox is that personifying stereotypic Nazi villains in Soviet films these actors encouraged and uphold the stereotype that Baltic people were Nazi sympathisers. It’s an example of the power of the moving pictures creating powerful stereotypes.
We’ll take a closer look at the dissimilar fate of 3 Baltic film actors whose roles are similar by the simplified treatment of the enemy in the Soviet films. There are many hidden personal stories behind their roles...


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