Jews, Nazis and the Cinema of Hungary - The Tragedy of Success, 1929-1944

List of contents

Introduction
Chapter 1 - When Silence became Loud. The Silent Era and the Origins of Sound
Chapter 2 - Constructing the Fantasy of Hungary. Elite Concepts of the National
Chapter 3 - National Cinema, International Stage. Film Trade and Foreign Relations
Chapter 5 – The Flawed Christian National System
Chapter 6 – The War
Chapter 7 - The National Spirit Doesn’t Stick to Celluloid. Hungary’s Failed Nationalist Film Experiments
Conclusion

About the author

David Frey is Associate Professor of History and Director of the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, United States Military Academy at West Point.

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.

Foreword

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. This title details the interplay of Hungarian cultural and political elites, Nazi officials, and global film moguls.

Additional text

[The book's] contribution to both cinema and political history is both original and invaluable.

Product details

• Authors: David Frey, Frey David
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2021
• EAN: 9781350248069
• ISBN: 978-1-350-24806-9
• No. of pages: 480
• Dimensions: 138 mm x 214 mm x 28 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Europe, European History, Social & cultural history, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Telecommunications, Films, cinema, Second World War, The Holocaust, Social and cultural history, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / History & Criticism, c 1940 to c 1949, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / General, Genocide & ethnic cleansing, Genocide and ethnic cleansing, Film, TV and Radio industries, Cinema Industry, Film Theory & Criticism, Film history, theory or criticism