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In Eastern Europe, more and more feature films and television series deal with historical topics. A patriotic mood is often created that is emotionally charged. Movies and TV series are used more and more in the service of history politics in Russia, Poland and the Ukraine. State and private actors take up controversial historical issues and integrate them into melodramatic scenarios. Controversial historical figures are also reinterpreted and presented as national models. History is thus integrated into a vivid and attractive spectacle. The historical film heroes go through difficult biographies, the emotional charge of which is adapted to the media consumption habits of today's viewers.