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Hungarian Film, 1929-1947 : National Identity, Anti-Semitism and Popular Cinema / Gábor Gergely.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Eastern European screen cultures ; 2Publisher: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2017]Copyright date: ©2017Description: 1 online resource (329 p.) : 30 halftonesContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9789462980761
  • 9789048530243
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 791 23
LOC classification:
  • PN1993
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- A Note on Accents, Pronunciation, Names, and Spellings -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Key Concepts in Pre-1945 Hungarian Cinema -- 2. A Contested Film History -- 3. An Industry Emerges 1931-1935 -- 4. Boom, Crisis and Anti-Semitic Reorganization 1936-1941 -- 5. From War Boom to Bust 1941-1944 -- Epilogue: Industry Reboot and the Myth of a New Start 1945-1947 -- Concluding Remarks -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary: What does it mean for someone or something to be Hungarian? That was the far-reaching question that people grappled with in Hungary in the wake of the losses and transformation brought by World War I. Because the period also saw the rise of cinema, audiences, filmmakers, critics, and officials often looked at films with an eye to that question, too: Did the Hungary seen on screen represent the Hungary they knew from everyday life? And-crucially-did the major role played by Jewish Hungarians in the film industry make the sector and its creations somehow Jewish rather than Hungarian? Jews, it was soon decided, could not really be Hungarian, and acts of Parliament soon barred them from taking major roles in cinema production. This book tells the troubled story of that period in Hungarian cinematic history, taking it up through World War II.

Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- A Note on Accents, Pronunciation, Names, and Spellings -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Key Concepts in Pre-1945 Hungarian Cinema -- 2. A Contested Film History -- 3. An Industry Emerges 1931-1935 -- 4. Boom, Crisis and Anti-Semitic Reorganization 1936-1941 -- 5. From War Boom to Bust 1941-1944 -- Epilogue: Industry Reboot and the Myth of a New Start 1945-1947 -- Concluding Remarks -- Bibliography -- Index

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What does it mean for someone or something to be Hungarian? That was the far-reaching question that people grappled with in Hungary in the wake of the losses and transformation brought by World War I. Because the period also saw the rise of cinema, audiences, filmmakers, critics, and officials often looked at films with an eye to that question, too: Did the Hungary seen on screen represent the Hungary they knew from everyday life? And-crucially-did the major role played by Jewish Hungarians in the film industry make the sector and its creations somehow Jewish rather than Hungarian? Jews, it was soon decided, could not really be Hungarian, and acts of Parliament soon barred them from taking major roles in cinema production. This book tells the troubled story of that period in Hungarian cinematic history, taking it up through World War II.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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