Adolf Hitler and joseph goebbels He immediately realized that he was the strongest in cinema. propaganda weapons. in the early days Third Reich With undeniable cunning, he devised a production plan for German cinema.The virtues of the Aryan race and ruthlessly questioned rival countries, England In particular – they even made a version of the Titanic’s sinking in 1943 that predicted the accident and was the only one who was ignored – and in 1940 they converted a completely defaced version of the ‘Jewish’ novel. Suss’ one greatest antisemitic movies of all time.
Benito Mussolini He also unleashed his own reins. cinematographic sublimation it supported fascism and to justify the system it supported the so-called ‘white telephone’ cinema, comedies and dramas of pure escapism and ideological submissiveness. francisco franco With the great patriotic glory of Cifesa, he copied the model during the Spanish dictatorship and became a dogma of his ideology with titles such as ‘Raza’, of which he wrote the script. However, cinema as political propaganda european fascisms: United States of America, most of its ideas hollywood machines In addition to promoting anti-Nazi propaganda cinema and the glorification of capitalist values in the first half of the 40s.
Cinema to misinform
What is surprising in the case of the head of the organization, Yevgeny Prigozhin russian mercenaries That’s because he’s one of the disastrous characters that runs the Wagner Group. weapons and war workthe same person who designed the outlines of a series of films. Pro-Russian propaganda, proPutin. The news of Prigozhin, who has long been at odds not with Vladimir Putin, but with the Minister of Defense, has recently come. Sergei ShoiguHe is behind some films that serve the purpose of war, which he accuses of being absolutely ineffective on war matters. generates false informationHe defended Putin. Cinema has once again become the most powerful tool for expressing ideas, glorifying values and falsifying events.
The workhorse of this new propaganda cinema is streaming film.the best in hell(‘Luchshiye v adu’) was released in Russia last October and produced by Aurum. The movie focuses on a tough battle to conquer. an obscure European city, although it is not too hard to imagine that it could be any town in Ukraine. In fact, some American and European analysts have already said that the tape recreates the current situation. Siege of the Ukrainian town of Mariupolone of the strategic settlements of the war.
The feature of this movie, which is extremely realistic in terms of war scenes, is that one of the two screenwriters Alexey Nagin. He is not a name that will go into the annals of cinema historiography, but he is a character with a crumb. He is a former Russian soldier who joined the ranks of the Wagner Group and actively participated in the first conflicts in Ukraine. With the support of Prigozhin, he left to replace the rifle, machine gun, grenade launcher or whatever else he could get his hands on by typing.
A month before the release of the movie, Nagin died in one of the clashes between the Russians and Ukrainians near the city of Bakhmut. The Russian Government immediately took all measures. exalting machines posthumously awards him the Hero of the Russian Federation. This is an honor often associated with heroic virtues in battle, and was also given to Prigoizhin.
in the Central African Republic
Even before the outbreak of the conflict with Ukraine, Putin used the film logistics of Prigozhin and the Wagner Group. They produced in 2021′Tourist’The movie produced by the same director as ‘The Best in Hell’, Andrey Batovdirectly glorifying the mercenary group without any concealment, Central African Republic, in this case as combat trainers. The movie was released in Russia in May. folded into ‘sango’‘ (the common official language of the Central African Republic) and was presented to the crowd at a stadium in the country’s capital. It should be said that this African republic is one of the sources of Prigozhin’s personal wealth, since some companies associated with Prigozhin’s name – and he has several, officially or secretly – devoted themselves to Prigozhin. extraction of diamonds and other valuable minerals.
Prigozhin is producing the following films: Warrior glorification since 2019, while the conflict is already brewing and the rest of the world is still unaware. These products copy the so-called model ‘boeviki’ movies Action movies from the 1980s and 1990s, usually low-budget hero russian soldiers in the most diverse conflicts. Apparently one of the role models is also Hollywood epic ‘Rambo’, It was designed and starred by Sylvester Stallone. Ideological excesses always result in contact. Dolph Lundgren also associated with some Progozhin campaigns.
The first of Progozhin’s productions, which was never included in the credits, was ‘Shugaley’, although in one way or another he was the instigator, if not the ‘ideologist’ of the projects. This movie focuses on one of his closest collaborators. Maxim ShugaleyHead of the Internet Research Agency, the company with which Progozhin works Tried to influence the 2016 US election spreading fake news.
Shugaley alone defines lThe dark side of the current Russian system. In “The Wall Street Journal” he was referred to as a field investigator or spy. Arriving in Kabul when the Taliban take powerImprisoned and served in Libya Kremlin’s interests in Afghanistan. With this film, which is essentially a biographical story by established standards, the leader of the Wagner Group has never hesitated to justify the truth of himself and his family. In the United States, Prigozhin shoots ‘biopics’ of music stars, while in Russia Prigozhin sinister personalities in the shadow of installed power.
HE Islam Nor could it escape the cinematographic wrath of the man who controlled Putin. in Granite (2021), Mozambican government pide is helping the Russian government fight Islamist terrorists, and the country’s highest representative is not shy about sending a mercenary troop led by the commander who gave the film its name under the pseudonym granite.
There’s more. In the same year, the movie ‘Burning Sun’ (‘Solntsepyok’), which is seen as a kind of movie, was also shot. Outline of the Russian occupation of Ukraine. The protagonist is a man living in one of the main cities of Donbas. lugansk. In 2014, he got involved in conflicts in the region. He fought in Afghanistan and doesn’t want to take up arms again, but a series of events that put his family in danger forces him to make tough decisions.
All the same. American cinema has made hundreds of films on the same concept. Now they are made in Russia by friends and collaborators of a company. The person who arranges meals for Putin’s dinner parties turned into a rebel warlord with foreign dignitaries.