A színház világának megjelenítése a háború utáni magyar filmmûvészetben
Representing the Theatre in Hungarian postwar cinema

Summary/Abstract: How is the theatre represented during Rákosi’s dictatorial regime? How does it look in the tightly controlled cultural politics of the Kádár-era and in the postcommunist period? My aim is to answer these questions. I will analyse relevant film not only as aesthetic representations but point out their culturalpolitical significance within the respective periods. Films about the theatre have been subjected to double censorship: on the one hand they were investigated on cinematic grounds, while, on the other hand, they were inspected by censors of the theatre. The films I discuss do not represent the theatre simply as a space, a building, or as a temple of culture so to say, but first and foremost as a company of actors. Hungarian cinema represent the theatre companies not only in fixed space but as a mobile group touring the countryside, giving guest performances and also gigs at various locations. In a handful of films I analyse the private sphere of actors and actresses, the complex set of relations between the actors, the director, the support personnel and the audience.

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