Danish and German Silent Cinema : Towards a Common Film Culture / edited by Lars-Martin Sørensen and Casper Tybjerg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sørensen, Lars-Martin, Author.

Contributor:

Sørensen, Lars-Martin, editor.

Tybjerg, Casper, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Film criticism.

Silent films--Denmark--History and criticism.

Silent films.

Silent films--Germany--History and criticism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (256 p.) : 30 B/W illustrations 30 b&w images

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh, Scotland : Edinburgh University Press Ltd, [2023]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Analyses the cultural exchange of two important and highly entangled European film nations of the silent eraPresents new insights on famous films and stars like Asta Nielsen, Olaf Fønss, and Pat & Patachon (also known as Long & Short)Employs diverse perspectives: production and distribution history, international cultural relations, celebrity studies, aesthetic analysisBased on extensive archival research in Germany and the Scandinavian countriesDiscusses the concept of national cinema and film historiography from an entangled film history perspectiveThe book examines how Danish and German film interacted with one another from 1910 through World War I till the advent of sound around 1930. The film businesses of the two countries were closely connected, and many film professionals crossed back and forth across national borders.The studies in this book include production and distribution history, censorship, celebrity studies, and aesthetic analysis. They contribute to European film and cultural history through extensive empirical investigation of films, persons and companies. The underlying perspective is that of entangled film history, an approach that stresses cross-border interchanges and mutual influences. Written by an international team of scholars, the book marks the conclusion of a four-year collective research project running alongside the stumfilm.dk initiative to digitise the entire Danish silent film heritage.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Figures

Acknowledgements

Notes on the contributors

1. Introduction

2. Danish-German Cinematic Interconnections and the Prospects of an Entangled Film Historiography

3. How Danish were Danish Stars in Germany during the Silent Era?

4. How German was German Film in Denmark during the Silent Era?

5. Sherlock Holmes in Transit

6. Female Stars of German Cinema in an Entangled Danish Film Culture

7. Same Frame, Different Lens? Exporting Danish Film Style

8. Die Deutsch-Nordische-Film-Union marschiert! : the Entangled Relations between Nordisk Films Kompagni, UFA, and DNFU 19181928

9. Pat and Patachon as Transnational Film Stars

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 01. Nov 2023)

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-3995-0840-7

1-3995-0839-3

OCLC:

1404460587