FAVKS041 Central European Cinema: Poland and GDR

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2003
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Jaromír Blažejovský, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Jiří Voráč, Ph.D.
Department of Film Studies and Audiovisual Culture – Faculty of Arts
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The Polish cinema was at the top of its social and artistic importance in the period of so called Polish school (1956-1963, Andrzej Munk, Jerzy Kawalerowicz, Wojciech J. Has) and in the period of the Cinema of Moral Anxiety (1976-1981, Krzysztof Zanussi, Krzysztof Kieslowski). The central figure of all periods is Andrej Wajda. We will also discuss authors whose career continued abroad (Roman Polański, Jerzy Skolimowski, Andrzej Żuławski). The end of the course will be devoted to the production of DEFA (the former GDR): we will study the propaganda films, the genre movies and a few works that broke the official ideological rules. Assessment: list of 18 films for discussion. Literature: Liehm, Mira & Liehm, Antonín J.: The Most Important Art: Soviet and Eastern European Film After 1945 (Berkeley, Los Angeles, London 1980); Historia filmu polskiego 1. az 6. (Warszawa 1966-1994); Kersten, Heniz & Drawer, Christel: So viele Träume (Berlin 1996). Films: Barwy ochronne (Camouflage, Krzysztof Zanussi, 1976), Człowiek na torze (Man on the Track, Andrzej Munk 1956), Człowiek z marmuru (Man of Marble, Andrzej Wajda 1977), Eroica (Andrzej Munk 1957), Iluminacja (Ilumination, Krzysztof Zanussi, 1973), Kanał (Canal, Andrzej Wajda 1957), Matka Joanna od Aniołów (Mother Joan of the Angels, Jerzy Kawalerowicz, 1961), Nóż w wodzie (Knife in the Water, Roman Polański 1962), Popiół i diament (Ashes and Diamonds, Andrzej Wajda 1958), Rękopis znaleziony w Saragossie (The Saragossa Manuscript, Wojciech J. Has, 1965), Wesele (The Wedding, 1973), Wszystko na sprzedaż (Everything for Sale, Andrzej Wajda 1968), Ziemia obiecana (The Promised Land, Andrzej Wajda 1974). Jakob der Lügner (Jacob the Liar, Frank Beyer 1974).
Assessment methods (in Czech)
Kolokvium: filmografie 18 filmů k diskusi.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught: every week.
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