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Cinema Europe: The Other Hollywood

Cinema Europe: The Other Hollywood

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IMDB:

8.0
Cinema Europe: The Other Hollywood

Released

10/1/1995

Duration

0h 58m

Genre

Documentary

Country

United States

Cast

Kenneth Branagh

Overview

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.

Episodes

Where It All BeganEP 1Available

Where It All Began

58m0.0

Highlighting 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.

Art's Promised LandEP 2Available

Art's Promised Land

58m0.0

Including Ingeborg Holm by Victor Sjostrom and Greta Garbo's star-making performance opposite Lars Hanson in Gosta Berling's Saga. Directed by Michael Winterbottom.

The Unchained CameraEP 3Available

The Unchained Camera

58m0.0

Featuring 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.

The Music of LightEP 4Available

The Music of Light

58m0.0

Highlighting Abel Gance's masterpiece, Napoleon.

Opportunity LostEP 5Available

Opportunity Lost

58m0.0

Exploring the early career of Alfred Hitchcock.

End of an EraEP 6Available

End of an Era

58m0.0

Focusing on the arrival of sound films, The Jazz Singer and the onslaught of World War II.

Cast

Kenneth Branagh

Unknown Role

Kenneth Branagh

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