Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. 1. Screening the Holocaust in the Soviet Union: Jews without the Holocaust and the Holocaust without the Jews 1
5. 2. Soviet Antifascist Films of the 1930s: The Earliest Images of Nazi Anti-Semitism and Concentration Camps on World Screens 13
6. 3. The First Phantom: I Will Live! (1942) 29
7. 4. How a Soviet Novel Turned into a Jewish Film: The First Depiction of the Holocaust on Soviet Screens, The Unvanquished (1945) 40
8. 5. The Holocaust on the Thawing Screens: From The Fate of a Man (1959) to Ordinary Fascism (1965) 57
9. 6. The Holocaust at the Lithuanian Film Studio: Gott mit Uns (1961) 71
10. 7. The Holocaust without the Jews: Steps in the Night (1962) and Other Films 82
11. 8. Kalik versus Goskino: Goodbye, Boys! (1964/1966) 91
12. 9. Stalemate (1965) between the Filmmaker and the Censors 102
13. 10. Kalik’s Last Phantom: King Matt and the Old Doctor (1966) 115
14. 11. The Film That Cost a Career: Eastern Corridor (1966) 127
15. 12. Muslims Instead of Musslmans: Sons of the Fatherland (1968) 145
16. 13. Commissar (1967/1988): The End of the Thaw 158
17. 14. An Alternative Track: Jewish Soldiers Fighting on Soviet Screens 173
18. 15. The Last Phantom—the First Film: Our Father (1966/1990) 190
19. 16. Perestroika and Beyond: Old Wine in New Bottles? 206
20. 17. Conclusions 223
21. Abbreviations and Acronyms 229
22. Notes 231
23. Index 269
24. About the Author 276