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Author Gergely, Gábor, 1979- author.

Title Hungarian film 1929-1947 : national identity, anti-semitism, and popular cinema / Gábor Gergely
Published Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2017]
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Description 1 online resource (329 pages) : illustrations
Series Eastern European screen cultures
Eastern European screen cultures.
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? People in Hungary grappled with this far-reaching question 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
Analysis cinema, Hungary, anti-Semitism, popular film, genre
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-326) and index
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 11, 2021)
Subject Motion pictures -- Hungary -- History
Motion picture industry -- Hungary -- History
National characteristics, Hungarian.
Jews in motion pictures.
Film theory and criticism.
HISTORY / Europe / Austria & Hungary.
PERFORMING ARTS / Film & Video / General.
Jews in motion pictures
Motion picture industry
Motion pictures
National characteristics, Hungarian
Hungary
Ungarn
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9789048530243
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