Cinema of collaboration : DEFA coproductions and international exchange in Cold War Europe

Zusammenfassung: "From their very inception, European cinemas undertook collaborative ventures in an attempt to cultivate a transnational "Film-Europe." In the postwar era, it was DEFA, the state cinema of East Germany, that emerged as a key site for cooperative practices. Despite the significant challenges that the Cold War created for collaboration, DEFA sought international prestige through various initiatives. These ranged from film exchange in occupied Germany to partnerships with Western producers, and from coproductions with Eastern European studios to strategies for film co-authorship. Uniquely positioned between East and West, DEFA proved a crucial mediator among European cinemas during a period of profound political division"--(Provided by publisher.)

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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
ISBN
9781789203431
1789203430
Dimensions
24 cm
Extent
xiv, 278 Seiten
Language
Englisch
Notes
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Bibliographic citation
Film Europa ; volume 21

Keyword
DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme
Geschichte
Filmproduktion
Koproduktion
Europa

Event
Veröffentlichung
(where)
New York
(who)
Berghahn
(when)
2020
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