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Jews, Nazis, and the cinema of Hungary : the tragedy of success, 1929-44 / David Frey.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Frey, David Stephen, 1967- author.
- Series:
- International library of twentieth century history ; 93.
- International Library of Twentieth Century History ; 93
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Motion pictures--Hungary--History.
- Motion pictures.
- Jews in the motion picture industry--Hungary.
- Jews in the motion picture industry.
- World War, 1939-1945--Motion pictures and the war.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (480 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Distribution:
- London, England : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2019.
- Place of Publication:
- London, England : I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd, 2017.
- Summary:
- Between 1929 and 1942, Hungary's motion picture industry experienced meteoric growth. It leapt into Europe's top echelon, trailing only Nazi Germany and Italy in feature output. Yet by 1944, Hungary's cinema was in shambles, internal and external forces having destroyed its unification experiments and productive capacity. This original cultural and political history examines the birth, unexpected ascendance, and wartime collapse of Hungary's early sound cinema by placing it within a complex international nexus. Detailing the interplay of Hungarian cultural and political elites, Jewish film professionals and financiers, Nazi officials, and global film moguls, David Frey demonstrates how the transnational process of forging an industry designed to define a national culture proved particularly contentious and surprisingly contradictory in the heyday of racial nationalism and antisemitism.
- Contents:
- When Silence became Loud: The Silent Era and the Origins of Sound
- Constructing the Fantasy of Hungary: Elite Concepts of the National
- National Cinema, International Stage: Film Trade and Foreign Relations
- Confusion and Crisis: The Jewish Question, the Film Chamber and the Construction of a Christian National Film Industry
- The Flawed Christian National System
- The War
- The National Spirit Doesn't Stick to Celluloid: Hungary's Failed Nationalist Film Experiments.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 407-441) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781350986947
- 1350986941
- 9781786730619
- 1786730618
- 9781786720610
- 1786720612
- OCLC:
- 1139315360
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