The voice of technology

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Soviet cinema's transition to sound, 1928-1935

Lilia Kaganovsky, Natalia Ryabchikova

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Academic Studies Press
03 June 2026

Films, movies & cinema; Film theory & criticism; Acoustic & sound engineering

As cinema industries around the globe adjusted to the introduction of synch-sound technology, the Soviet Union was also shifting culturally, politically, and ideologically from the heterogeneous film industry of the 1920s to the centralized industry of the 1930s, and from the avant-garde to Socialist Realism. In The Voice of Technology: Soviet Cinema's Transition to Sound, 19281935, Lilya Kaganovsky explores the history, practice, technology, ideology, aesthetics, and politics of the transition to sound within the context of larger issues in Soviet media history. Industrialization and centralization of the cinema industry greatly altered the way movies in the Soviet Union were made, while the introduction of sound radically altered the way these movies were received. Kaganovsky argues that the coming of sound changed the Soviet cinema industry by making audible, for the first time, the voice of State power, directly addressing the Soviet viewer. By exploring numerous examples of films from this transitional period, Kaganovsky demonstrates the importance of the new technology of sound in producing and imposing the ""Soviet Voice.""

By: Lilia Kaganovsky
Translated by: Natalia Ryabchikova
Imprint: Academic Studies Press
Country of Publication: United States
ISBN: 9798897837618
Pages: 322
Publication Date: 03 June 2026
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Lilya Kaganovsky is Professor of Slavic, Comparative Literature, and Media & Cinema Studies, at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Her research interests include Soviet and post-Soviet literature and film; film and critical theory; gender studies; women's cinema; sound studies.