Screen LibraryCinema in service of the state : perspectives on film culture in the GDR and Czechoslovakia, 1945-1960 /
The national cinemas of Czechoslovakia and East Germany were two of the most vital sites of filmmaking in the Eastern Bloc, and over the course of two decades they contributed to and were shaped by such significant developments as Sovietization, de-Stalinization and the conservative retrenchment of...
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Berghahn Books,
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| Publisher Address: | New York : |
| Publication Dates: | 2015. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Film Europa: German cinema in an international context
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| Summary: |
The national cinemas of Czechoslovakia and East Germany were two of the most vital sites of filmmaking in the Eastern Bloc, and over the course of two decades they contributed to and were shaped by such significant developments as Sovietization, de-Stalinization and the conservative retrenchment of the late 1950s. This volume comprehensively explores the postwar film cultures of both nations, using a "stereoscopic" approach that traces their similarities and divergences to form a richly contextualized portrait. Ranging from features to children's cinema to film festivals, the studies gathere |
| Carrier Form: | x, 395 pages : illustrations, forms ; 24 cm. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. Includes filmography. |
| ISBN: |
9781782389965 (hardback) : 1782389962 (hardback) 9781782389972 (ebook) 1782389970 (ebook) |
| Index Number: | PN1993 |
| CLC: |
J909.514 J909.517 |
| Call Number: | J909.517/C574 |
| Contents: | Acknowledgements -- List of figures and tables -- List of abbreviations. Introduction. Part 1 Cultural policy and cinema : From Soviet zone to Volksdemokratie: the politics of film culture in the GDR, 1945-1960 / David Bathrick -- Czechoslovak culture and cinema, 1945-1960 / Jiří Knapík. Part 2 Production and co-production : "Veterans" and "dilettantes:" film production culture vis-á-vis top-down political changes, 1945-1962 / Petr Szczepanik -- Barrandov's co-productions: the clumsy way to ideological control, international competitiveness and technological improvement / Pavel Skopa |