Hungarian Film, 1929-1947 : : National Identity, Anti-Semitism and Popular Cinema / / Gábor Gergely.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter AUP eBook Package 2016-2018
• VerfasserIn: Gergely, Gábor,
• Place / Publishing House: Amsterdam : : Amsterdam University Press, , [2017]; ©2017
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Series: Eastern European screen cultures ; 2
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (329 p.) :; 30 halftones
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Table of Contents --; List of Illustrations --; Acknowledgements --; A Note on Accents, Pronunciation, Names, and Spellings --; Preface --; Introduction --; 1. Key Concepts in Pre-1945 Hungarian Cinema --; 2. A Contested Film History --; 3. An Industry Emerges 1931-1935 --; 4. Boom, Crisis and Anti-Semitic Reorganization 1936-1941 --; 5. From War Boom to Bust 1941-1944 --; Epilogue: Industry Reboot and the Myth of a New Start 1945-1947 --; Concluding Remarks --; Bibliography --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9789048530243; 9783110667318; 9783110606447; 9783110662849
• DOI: 10.1515/9789048530243?locatt=mode:legacy
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Gábor Gergely.

What does it mean for someone or something to be Hungarian? That was the far-reaching question that people grappled with in Hungary in the wake of the losses and transformation brought by World War I. Because the period also saw the rise of cinema, audiences, filmmakers, critics, and officials often looked at films with an eye to that question, too: Did the Hungary seen on screen represent the Hungary they knew from everyday life? And-crucially-did the major role played by Jewish Hungarians in the film industry make the sector and its creations somehow Jewish rather than Hungarian? Jews, it was soon decided, could not really be Hungarian, and acts of Parliament soon barred them from taking major roles in cinema production. This book tells the troubled story of that period in Hungarian cinematic history, taking it up through World War II.