Real Stalin Analysis

The film also wants to expose “bad press” about Stalin as false. It shows us “the real Stalin.” Here, Stalin is portrayed by Mikhail Gelovani, the Georgian who looks extremely like him, and who spent a great amount of time trying to sound and act like Stalin. The film can be called a pure fabrication, as it showed Stalin as a caring leader, who was only strict when it came to the military conflicts. Generally, he was pretty easy-going and pleasant to talk to, according to the film. Nowadays, this film is one of the main ones that demonstrate the cult of personality during the Soviet times. The personality of Stalin was idolized, which was quite similar to what happened in Germany, where Hitler was worshiped like a god. The film showed that …show more content…
Although it did not intend to show Hitler’s caring and loving character, it was a direct propaganda and a fabrication of the reality. Like Fall of Berlin, Theresienstadt can be considered to be one of the greatest examples of indigestible propaganda. Its aim was to show everyone, especially the International Red Cross, that the Jews were not at all suffering at ghettos. In the film, we see a peaceful ghetto in Czechoslovakia. The film starts off showing a well-dressed girl and an old lady who is smiling. Everyone is doing their own thing and seems to be very happy with their condition. It is done in a documentary-like manner in order to emphasize the reality of the footage. There are no guards and military officers around. The whole place seems like a retirement home, where everything is quiet and peaceful. Nowadays, it’s almost impossible to believe that such a lie was believed. Yet, for a long time, many countries had no idea of what was going on in Germany, Poland, France and Russia. If someone, for example, from Australia, watched the film, he or she might have taken it for a real documentary and believed every single …show more content…
The man suffers severe injuries, but comes back from war to the woman, who is waiting for him. Together, they are happy that Berlin is liberated and praise the great leader. He also adds that surprisingly enough, the cult of Stalin is not coming to its end, but rather keeps flourishing after the World War II. According to Taylor, the film was made for Stalin’s birthday and shot on one of the most expensive stocks that the Soviets could get, and thus, was a very prestigious film of that time. Theresienstadt was not as luxurious as the Soviet film, yet it also showed the perfect world under the perfect leader. While Fall of Berlin shows a young couple who is blessed by the grace of Stalin and waiting for a safe and peaceful future, Theresienstadt shows many Jews, whose lives significantly increased after they arrived to the concentration