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ISBN: 9781571812766

ISBN-10: 1571812768

ISBN-13: 9781571812766

Edition: 2002

Authors: Marek Haltof

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In the years since World War 2, Poland has developed one of Europe's most distinguished film cultures. This is a comprehensive study of Polish cinema from the end of the 19th century to the present.

Book details

List price: $34.95
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Berghahn Books, Incorporated
Publication date: 5/1/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 318
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English

Marek Haltof is Professor at Northern Michigan University in Marquette. His recent books include the Historical Dictionary of Polish Cinema (2007), Australian Cinema: The Screen Construction of Australia (in Polish, 2005), The Cinema of Krzysztof Kieślowski: Variations on Destiny and Chance (2004), and Polish National Cinema (2002).



List of Illustrations


Acknowledgments


Introduction


Polish Cinema before the Introduction of Sound


The Sound Period of the 1930s


Polish Films - Whose Dreams? Cinema and the Political Construction of Polish National Identity after World War II


The Poetics of Screen Stalinism: Socialist Realist Films


The Polish School Revisited


Adaptations, Personal Style, and Popular Cinema between 1965 and 1976


Camouflage and Rough Treatment: The "Cinema of Distrust," the Solidarity Period, and Afterwards


Landscape after Battle: The Return of Democracy


The Representation of Stalinism in Polish Cinema


National Memory, the Holocaust, and Images of the Jew in Postwar Polish Films


Polish Films with an American Accent


Afterword


Selected Filmography


Selected Bibliography


Index of Names


Index of Film Titles