TY - GEN N1 - p. 173-193 ; Summary in English N2 - The article discusses the myth of the army of General Zygmunt Berling developed in communist propaganda and in Polish movies of the 1960s and the 1970s. The text identifies the main source of this myth and the basic forms of its propagation. The four main elements of the myth are identified: Berling’s Army as a national army, the soldier’s image, the myth of Berling’s Army as a fictional victory and the myth of Berling’s Army as part of the fictional beginning of the new state. L1 - http://rcin.org.pl/Content/62580/PDF/WA303_82229_A507-DN-R-49-1_Polniak.pdf M3 - Text J2 - Dzieje Najnowsze : [kwartalnik poświęcony historii XX wieku] R. 49 z. 1 (2017) PY - 2017 IS - 1 EP - 193 KW - political myths - Poland KW - World War, 1939-1945 - motion pictures and the war KW - Berling, Zygmunt (1896-1980) KW - Polish cinema - themes, motifs KW - Polish cinema - history and criticism A1 - Polniak, Łukasz (1976– ) A2 - Institute of History of the Polish Academy of Sciences VL - 49 CY - Warszawa SP - 173 T1 - Mit armii gen. Berlinga w kinie wojennym PRL w latach 1960–1989 UR - http://rcin.org.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/62580 ER -