Wojciech Jóźwiak
Papers of BAS. Humanities and Social Sciences
Vol. 12, 2025, No. 1
Anti-fascist films - Bulgarian cinema
during the People’s Republic of Bulgaria period
Wojciech Jóźwiak
Abstract. Antifascist themes in Bulgarian cinematography are characteristic of the entire People’s Republic of Bulgaria (PRB) period. It served to strengthen the desired attitudes of members of socialist society and to consolidate the interpretation of modern history accepted by the authorities. It also turned out to be an extremely important tool of political propaganda. This immanent component of Bulgarian socialist culture has never been fully subjected to thorough, critical and objective analysis, although its influence left a lasting mark on the perception of social phenomena and attitudes characteristic of Bulgarian society with the emergence of socio-political myths of the 20th century.
Keywords: Bulgarian cinematography, socialist propaganda, ideologization of the past