This scholarly publication analyses the development of the ecological theme in Soviet and Russian feature film art of the sound period. In particular, it analyses films on the ecological theme from the eras of Stalin’s totalitarian ideological control (1931-1955), thaw (1956-1968), authoritarianism (1969-1985), the period of perestroika (1986-1991) and post-Soviet time. For university professors, postgraduates, students, teachers interested in the problems of environmental themes in cinema.