Hungarian film 1929-1947 : national identity, anti-semitism, and popular cinema /
Gergely, Gábor, 1979-
Hungarian film 1929-1947 : national identity, anti-semitism, and popular cinema / Gábor Gergely. - Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2017. - 1 online resource (329 pages) : digital, PDF file(s). - Eastern European screen cultures. .
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 14 Dec 2020).
What does it mean for someone or something to be Hungarian? People in Hungary grappled with this far-reaching question 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.
9789048530243 (ebook)
Motion pictures--History.--Hungary
Motion picture industry--History.--Hungary
National characteristics, Hungarian.
Jews in motion pictures.
791.4309439
Hungarian film 1929-1947 : national identity, anti-semitism, and popular cinema / Gábor Gergely. - Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2017. - 1 online resource (329 pages) : digital, PDF file(s). - Eastern European screen cultures. .
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 14 Dec 2020).
What does it mean for someone or something to be Hungarian? People in Hungary grappled with this far-reaching question 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.
9789048530243 (ebook)
Motion pictures--History.--Hungary
Motion picture industry--History.--Hungary
National characteristics, Hungarian.
Jews in motion pictures.
791.4309439