The Barrandov Studios : : A Central European Hollywood / / ed. by Bernd Herzogenrath.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Amsterdam University Press Complete eBook-Package 2023
• HerausgeberIn: Herzogenrath, Bernd,
• Place / Publishing House: Amsterdam : : Amsterdam University Press, , [2023]; ©2023
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Language: English
• Series: Eastern European screen cultures ; 5
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (366 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Table of Contents --; List of Figures --; Acknowledgments --; Introduction: Once upon a (Central European) Time --; I: (Film) History --; 1. Barrandov and Its Founder, Miloš Havel --; 2. The Concept of Regional Poetics of Cinema --; 3. Barrandov’s First Fifteen Years --; II: Production History --; 4. Industrial Authorship and Group Style in Czech Cinema of the 1950s and 1960s --; 5. Marcela Pittermannová : Barrandov Dramaturges as Clients, Brokers, and Patrons --; 6. Ambitious ‘Alien’ Beats Perestroika --; III: Individual Directors --; 7. A Documentarian between Genres --; 8. The Loves of a System: Miloš Forman and Barrandov --; 9. Barrandov and Chytilová --; 10. Barrandov Baroque: The Tenacious Artistry of Juraj Herz --; 11. Václav Vorlíček: A Dream within a Dream --; 12. The ‘Vault Films’ --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9789048542017; 9783111023748
• DOI: 10.1515/9789048542017?locatt=mode:legacy
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Bernd Herzogenrath.

The Barrandov Studios are one of the largest and oldest film studios in Europe. For more than 80 years so far, the studios have been the location of choice for over 2,500 Czech and International films. Barrandov’s founding fathers, the Havel brothers Vàclav and Milo. (the grandfather and uncle of later president Vàclav Havel), built the ‘Hollywood of Eastern Europe’ in the 1930s. A legendary studio like this – and its story – has so far not been told to an English-speaking readership. This collection aims to correct this, presenting the studio’s rich history, its esteemed directors, and their most important films.