FAVz007 Europe and Hollywood: The Case of Germany

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2007
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 5 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: k (colloquium). Other types of completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
MA Peter Kramer (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Pavel Skopal, Ph.D.
Department of Film Studies and Audiovisual Culture – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: doc. Mgr. Pavel Skopal, Ph.D.
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
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Course objectives
A preliminary schedule: Mon 26/3 11.45 – 15.15 Screening: Doctor Zhivago (1965, 193min) with introduction: "Hollywood's European Blockbusters" 15.30 – 17.00 Lecture: "Hollywood and Europe, Hollywood and Germany: An Introduction and an Overview" 17.15 – 19.45 Screening: The Great Dictator (1940, 127min) with introduction: "Hollywood and World War II, Chaplin and Hitler" Tue 27/3 8.20 – 9.55 Lecture: "The (Un)Timeliness of Satire: The Reception of The Great Dictator in West Germany, 1952-1973" 10.00 – 13.15 Screening: Downfall (2004, 156min) with introduction: "Exporting German History to the US" 13.20 – 14.55 Lecture: "A Very Special Relationship: Hollywood and Germany Since the 1970s" Wed 28/3 10.00 – 12.25 Screening: In the Line of Fire (1993, 128min) or Air Force One(1997, 124min) with introduction: "Hollywood Patriotism" 15.00 – 16.35 Lecture: "Germans in Contemporary Hollywood: From the New German Cinema to Petersen and Emmerich" 16.45 - Screening: Schindler's List (1993, 195min) with introduction: "Spielberg and the Holocaust" Thu 29/3 10.00 – 12.00 Lecture: "The Good German? Oskar Schindler Between Germany and Hollywood, 1949-1993" 13.30-15.30 (pracovna) Seminar: "Hollywood and Europe: Issues and Methodologies"
Assessment methods (in Czech)
esej
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught only once.
The course is taught: in blocks.
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