Evolution of the image of the British Empire and reflection in the English cinema

The article deals with the transformation of the image of the British Empire in the 19th-20th centuries based on the evolution of ideas in British society and English art cinema. The author of the study identified factors that allowed the artistic image of the empire to continuously evolve and change its ideological attitudes for the British and the world cinema audience. As it turned out, the cinematography of Great Britain in general went the same way as the evolution of socio-political views in the country. Drawing ideas from the surrounding reality, the filmmakers interpreted them on the screen, according to the nature of the era, often willingly or unwittingly under the influence of state policy and imperial ideology, and this in turn influenced public opinion in England, giving the course of its development a directed character.