Representation of Sports Practices in the mid-1930s Soviet Cinema

The transformation from physical education as a general health activity to high performance sport as one of the big Soviet projects took place in the 1930s. In this context, representations of sports practices are a characteristic marker of these changes, especially in relation to the cinema, which is a rapidly reorienting art. This article examines the representation of practices in Soviet sports cinema of the mid-1930s. and the role model of an athlete by exploring aspects of an athlete’s personality and “way”, the issue of professionalism and competition, equipment/fashion and through the methodology of gender history. This article is based not only on final films, but also various versions of scripts and discussion materials.