{"product_id":"cinema-in-service-of-the-state-perspectives-on-film-culture-in-the-gdr-and-czechoslovakia-1945-1960-9781785337383","title":"Cinema in Service of the State: Perspectives on","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tThe national cinemas of Czechoslovakia and East Germany were two of the most vital sites of filmmaking in the Eastern Bloc, and over the course of two decades, they contributed to and were shaped by such significant developments as Sovietization, de-Stalinization, and the conservative retrenchment of the late 1950s. This volume comprehensively explores the postwar film cultures of both nations, using a “stereoscopic” approach that traces their similarities and divergences to form a richly contextualized portrait. Ranging from features to children’s cinema to film festivals, the studies gathered here provide new insights into the ideological, political, and economic dimensions of Cold War cultural production.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“Given the signal role that “the most important of the arts” (as Lenin called cinema) plays in modern society, the book’s intellectual appeal transcends the disciplinary confines of “film studies,” offering a wealth of insights into the communist experiment with a classless society.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Choice\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e\"Cinema in Service of the State is a valuable step towards a broader understanding of cinema in the Soviet Bloc.\"\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Apparatus\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“Lars Karl and Pavel Skopal have produced an intriguing edited volume that addresses a significant lacuna in transnational cinema scholarship.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e • Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“Offers valuable insights into institutions that no longer exist, yet still resemble our own present institutions with their anxious tics and politicized economic imperatives… The volume provides an appropriate reference work for anyone working on Eastern bloc media from the period.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Studies in Eastern European Cinema\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“The contributions convince not only through their analytical penetration of a difficult research area but also through conscientious dealing with the extremely rich source material.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Fotografie und Film\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“A valuable contribution to the study of cinema in Czechoslovakia and the former GDR—and a rare example of a volume that ‘looks East’ and seeks to situate these two national cinemas within the broader context of Eastern European film production as a whole.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Seán Allan\u003c\/strong\u003e, The University of Warwick\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePART I: CULTURAL POLICY AND CINEMA\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1.\u003c\/strong\u003e From Soviet Zone to \u003cem\u003eVolksdemokratie\u003c\/em\u003e: The Politics of Film Culture in the GDR, 1945-1960\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eDavid Bathrick\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2\u003c\/strong\u003e. Czechoslovak Culture and Cinema, 1945-1960\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eJiří Knapík\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePART II: PRODUCTION AND CO-PRODUCTION\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3.\u003c\/strong\u003e “Veterans” and “Dilettantes”: Film Production Culture vis-à-vis Top-down Political Changes, 1945–1962\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003ePetr Szczepanik\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4.\u003c\/strong\u003e Barrandov’s Co-Productions: The Clumsy Way to Ideological Control, International Competitiveness, and Technological Improvement\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003ePavel Skopal\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 5.\u003c\/strong\u003e Co-Productions (Un)Wanted: 1950s East\/West German Film Collaborations and the Impact of Sovietisation on DEFA’s Prestige Agenda\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eMariana Ivanova\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 6.\u003c\/strong\u003e No TV without Film: Production Relations between the DEFA Studios and \u003cem\u003eDeutscher Fernsehfunk\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eThomas Beutelschmidt\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePART III: NON-FICTIONAL CINEMA\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 7.\u003c\/strong\u003e Military Film Studios before 1970: Between Cinematic Avant-Garde and Films on Command\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eVáclav Šmidrkal\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 8.\u003c\/strong\u003e Socialism for Sale: Czechoslovak \u003cem\u003eKrátký\u003c\/em\u003e film, Custom-Made Film Production, and the Promotion of Consumer Culture in the 1950s\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eLucie Česálková\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePART IV: CHILDREN'S CINEMA\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 9.\u003c\/strong\u003e Between Magic and Education: the First Fairy Tale Films in the GDR\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eChristin Niemeyer\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 10.\u003c\/strong\u003e Children’s Films: Between Education, Art and Industry\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eLukáš Skupa\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePART V: FILM FESTIVALS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 11.\u003c\/strong\u003e Decreed Open-Mindedness: The Leipzig Documentary and Short Film Festival in the 1960s as an example of the self-representation of the East German State\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eAndreas Kötzing\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 12.\u003c\/strong\u003e National, Socialist, Global: The Changing Roles of the Karlovy Vary Film Festival, 1946–1956\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eJindřiška Bláhová\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePART VI: DISTRIBUTION AND RECEPTION\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 13.\u003c\/strong\u003e Cinema Cultures of Integration: Film Distribution and Exhibition in the GDR and Czechoslovakia from the Perspective of Two Local Cases, 1945-1960\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eKyrill Kunakhovich and Pavel Skopal\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 14.\u003c\/strong\u003e A Decade between Resistance and Adaptation: The Leipzig University Film Club (1956-1966)\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eFernando Ramos Arenas\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 15.\u003c\/strong\u003e Screening the Occupier as Liberator: Soviet War Films in the SBZ and the GDR, 1945-65\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eLars Karl\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tFilmography\u003cbr\u003e \tBibliography\u003cbr\u003e \tIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042404008279,"sku":"9781785337383","price":30.35,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/cinema-in-service-of-the-state-perspectives-on-film-culture-in-the-gdr-and-czechoslovakia-1945-1960-9781785337383","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}