Part 1 The golden age: cinema before October; the birth of the Soviet film industry; the films of the golden age, 1925-9; reaching the people, 1925-9. Part 2 The age of Stalin: the cultural revolution in cinema; the industry, 1933-41; censorship, 1933-41; socialist realism, 1933-41; films of World War II. Part 3 The death of Soviet film: film hunger, 1945-53; the nadir, 1945-53; conclusion.