The paper presents the forms in which the practices of Marxist-Leninist ideology were present in the Budapest Academy of Theatre and Film Arts, examines the educational and creative community as it was reorganised in the era of nationalisation, the agitprop activities of the students and the functioning of the Marxism Department. Throughout the era of nationalisation, in its external communication the institution stressed the new presence of students of labourer and poor peasant origins, and this also served as part of the selection criteria in the admission process and led to a reorganisation of the internal social structure.