FAV291 Cinema of the Northern Triangle: Czechoslovakia, GDR and Poland

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2015
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Pavel Skopal, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Jiří Voráč, Ph.D.
Department of Film Studies and Audiovisual Culture – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Film Studies and Audiovisual Culture – Faculty of Arts
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
At the end of the course students should be able to understand the wider political context and the state of cultural policy in the post-war Europe. They will be able to reflect on the changes in the film industries of Czechslovakia, Poland and GDR. Students will get a knowledge of the relation between film industry and the governmental bodies and will be able to use the tool of comparative analysis.
Syllabus
  • - methodological introduction: the tradition of comparative research; processes of cultural transfer; so called Sovietization and the case of the Conference of film practitioners in the socialist Countries
  • - political situation in Czechoslovakia, GDR and Poland; cultural politics in these countries and their mutual relations - co-productions in the Soviet bloc - examples of war movies, production for children; case studies: Mezi proudy (Provisional Liberty); Hoří, má panenko (The Firemen s Ball)
  • co-prouctions DEFA-Barrandov: musicals, Indianerfilme, movies for children (case studies: Strašná žena; Synové Velké medvědice; Tři oříšky pro Popelku)
  • - comparison of the distribution systems in the three countries. Cinema distribution as a tool for integration into the socialist society
  • - local history of exhibition: Brno, Leipzig, Poznan. Cinema theatres and the reality of cinema distribution
  • - cinema attendance and film preferences. The most attended movies in the three countries, similarities and differences in the tradition of the preferences
  • - film reception in Brno and Leipzig. City cinema culture in the socialist dictatorship.
Literature
  • Skopal, Pavel ed.: Naplánovaná kinematografie. Český filmový průmysl 1945-1960. Praha: Academia, vyjde 2012
  • Feinstein, Joshua. The triumph of the ordinary :depictions of daily life in the East German cinema, 1949-1989. Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2002. 331 s. ISBN 0-8078-5385-2
  • John Connelly: Captive University. The sovietization of East German, Czech and Polish higher education, 1945-1956. University of North Carolina Press 2000
Teaching methods
Lectures
Assessment methods
Written test
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
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