Cinema Europe: The Other Hollywood

Cinema Europe: The Other Hollywood

1995 · Documentary · 1 Season · 6 Episodes · 7.9

The origin of European cinema, from its infancy as a novelty created by French inventors Auguste and Louis Lumière to its flourishing as the pinnacle of film-making in the silent era and as a serious commercial contender against America.

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Episodes

E11. Where It All Began58m · 1995-10-01Highlighting the world's first public presentation of films in Paris, the comedies by Max Linder, Abel Gance's J'Accuse and the onset of World War I.E22. Art's Promised Land58m · 1995-10-08Including Ingeborg Holm by Victor Sjostrom and Greta Garbo's star-making performance opposite Lars Hanson in Gosta Berling's Saga. Directed by Michael Winterbottom.E33. The Unchained Camera58m · 1995-10-15Featuring The Battleship Potemkin by Sergei Eisenstein, Metropolis by Fritz Lang, Joyless Street starring Greta Garbo, The White Hell of Pitz Palu featuring Leni Riefenstahl and Louise Brooks becomes a star in Pandora's Box.E44. The Music of Light58m · 1995-10-22Highlighting Abel Gance's masterpiece, Napoleon.E55. Opportunity Lost58m · 1995-10-29Exploring the early career of Alfred Hitchcock.E66. End of an Era58m · 1995-11-05Focusing on the arrival of sound films, The Jazz Singer and the onslaught of World War II.

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