FF:FAV286 Cinema in Europe 1939-45

FAV286 Cinema in Europe 1939-45

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2015

Extent and Intensity

2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

doc. Mgr. Pavel Skopal, Ph.D. (lecturer)

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Timetable

Mon 12:30–14:05 C34

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

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Course objectives

The course will analyse the role of popular genre cinema in the era of WWII

Syllabus

I. Introduction
II. German cinema industry and globalization of cinema in Europe
III. Czech film industry, 1939-1945
IV. Popular culture, genre cinema, and stars in German cinema
V. Genre in Czech film industry: comedy, crime movie, melodrama
VI. Non-fictional cinema, newsreeals, and propaganda
VII. Cinema distribution in Protectorate and other occupied countries
VIII. Reception in Protectorate and other occupied countries v IX. Local cinema history - cinema distribution and reception in Brno
X. Cinema in the post-war Europe

Literature

Vande Winkel, Roel - Welsch, David (eds.): Cinema and the Swastika. The International Expansion of the Third Reich. Palgrave, 2007

Teaching methods

Lecture.

Assessment methods

Written test.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further Comments

Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.