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Book Synopsis
Using recently opened archival documents, including reams of testimony from the epuration (purification) hearings conducted shortly after the war, Christine Leteux has produced the most authoritative and complete history of the Continental Film company and its impact on the French film industry - both during the war and after.

Table of Contents
  • Preface
  • Prologue
  • Chapter 1: Paris, Autumn 1940
  • Chapter 2: Alfred Greven
  • Chapter 3: The beginnings of a society
  • Chapter 4: Early productions
  • Chapter 5: Decoin and Greven
  • Chapter 6: Henri-Georges Clouzot, scriptwriter
  • Chapter 7: Les Inconnus dans la maison (The Strangers in the House)
  • Chapter 8: Greven’s empire
  • Chapter 9: Leaving Continental
  • Chapter 10: The Russians of Billancourt
  • Chapter 11: A Trip to Berlin
  • Chapter 12: The Harry Baur affair
  • Chapter 13: Filming in the afternoon
  • Chapter 14: New directors
  • Chapter 15: The Caprices affair
  • Chapter 16: Richard Pottier
  • Chapter 17: Maurice Tourneur
  • Chapter 18: La Main du diable (Carnival of Sinners)
  • Chapter 19: Maneuvers in a neutral zone
  • Chapter 20: Documentaries
  • Chapter 21: Le Corbeau (The Raven)
  • Chapter 22: Les AnnÉes difficiles (Difficult Years)
  • Chapter 23: La Vie de plaisir (Life of Pleasure)
  • Chapter 24: Endgame
  • Chapter 25: Purge
  • Chapter 26: Greven’s last years
  • Filmography
  • Bibliography

    Continental Films French Cinema under German

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        Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
        Publication Date: 30/11/2022
        ISBN13: 9780299339807, 978-0299339807
        ISBN10: 0299339807
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        Description

        Book Synopsis
        Using recently opened archival documents, including reams of testimony from the epuration (purification) hearings conducted shortly after the war, Christine Leteux has produced the most authoritative and complete history of the Continental Film company and its impact on the French film industry - both during the war and after.

        Table of Contents
        • Preface
        • Prologue
        • Chapter 1: Paris, Autumn 1940
        • Chapter 2: Alfred Greven
        • Chapter 3: The beginnings of a society
        • Chapter 4: Early productions
        • Chapter 5: Decoin and Greven
        • Chapter 6: Henri-Georges Clouzot, scriptwriter
        • Chapter 7: Les Inconnus dans la maison (The Strangers in the House)
        • Chapter 8: Greven’s empire
        • Chapter 9: Leaving Continental
        • Chapter 10: The Russians of Billancourt
        • Chapter 11: A Trip to Berlin
        • Chapter 12: The Harry Baur affair
        • Chapter 13: Filming in the afternoon
        • Chapter 14: New directors
        • Chapter 15: The Caprices affair
        • Chapter 16: Richard Pottier
        • Chapter 17: Maurice Tourneur
        • Chapter 18: La Main du diable (Carnival of Sinners)
        • Chapter 19: Maneuvers in a neutral zone
        • Chapter 20: Documentaries
        • Chapter 21: Le Corbeau (The Raven)
        • Chapter 22: Les AnnÉes difficiles (Difficult Years)
        • Chapter 23: La Vie de plaisir (Life of Pleasure)
        • Chapter 24: Endgame
        • Chapter 25: Purge
        • Chapter 26: Greven’s last years
        • Filmography
        • Bibliography

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