Domestic cinema has a backstage where official film critics try not to look, so as not to destroy the myth that has been nurtured by them in the philistine consciousness for decades. Meanwhile, without studying this behind the scenes, it is difficult to understand many events that affect the formation of not only domestic cinema, but also our ideology in general. One of the most important topics in this backstage story is the confrontation between two ideological movements: Russian (Slavic) and Jewish (Jewish). It actually began from the moment of the emergence of Soviet cinema and continues to this day, as clearly evidenced by the events of our already modern, post-Soviet history. Only the personalities of this confrontation have changed.