The Pragmatic Alliance of DEFA and Barrandov : Cultural
Transfer, Popular Cinema and Czechoslovak-East German
Co-productions, 1957–85

J 2018

The Pragmatic Alliance of DEFA and Barrandov : Cultural Transfer, Popular Cinema and Czechoslovak-East German Co-productions, 1957–85

SKOPAL, Pavel

Základní údaje

Originální název

The Pragmatic Alliance of DEFA and Barrandov : Cultural Transfer, Popular Cinema and Czechoslovak-East German Co-productions, 1957–85

Autoři

SKOPAL, Pavel (203 Česká republika, garant, domácí)

Vydání

Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, 2018, 0143-9685

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Článek v odborném periodiku

Obor

60405 Studies on Film, Radio and Television

Stát vydavatele

Velká Británie a Severní Irsko

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Odkazy

URL

Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14210/18:00102330

Organizační jednotka

Filozofická fakulta

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01439685.2017.1285151

UT WoS

000424194800007

Klíčová slova anglicky

co-productions; transnational cinema; Barrandov; German Cinema; DEFA

Štítky

rivok

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno

Změněno: 29. 3. 2019 11:40, Mgr. Igor Hlaváč

Anotace

V originále

This article examines the cooperation that took place between the East German DEFA and Czechoslovakia’s Barrandov film studios, in terms of their coproductions and the recruitment of Czechoslovak talent to work on nominally East German productions. By analysing these ventures from their inception in 1957 onwards, I consider the conditions supervising the transfer of professional skills between the studios, especially during periods of intensive exchange: the mid-1960s and the 1970s. I argue that DEFA utilized Barrandov-contracted talent to facilitate its production of commercially viable light entertainment. In the 1960s, ‘travelling filmmakers’ helped DEFA to launch a series of East German-produced musicals and Indianerfilme. In the 1970s, DEFA functionaries aimed to benefit from the creative input Czechoslovak scriptwriters, directors and producers brought to children’s films. I suggest the two periods in question were shaped by distinct sets of institutional, political and creative circumstances. The recruitment of individual Czechoslovak personnel in the earlier period enabled DEFA to train in-house talent. A decade later, purges enacted by the Czechoslovak Communist Party limited creative possibilities for this country’s film-makers, incentivizing a newfound desire to partner with a studio that Barrandov had previously deemed beneath it.

Návaznosti

MUNI/21/SKO/2015, interní kód MU

Název: Editorství české a anglické verze kolektivní monografie věnované filmu Tři oříšky pro Popelku

Investor: Masarykova univerzita, Editorství české a anglické verze kolektivní monografie věnované filmu Tři oříšky pro Popelku

Citovat

SKOPAL, Pavel. The Pragmatic Alliance of DEFA and Barrandov : Cultural Transfer, Popular Cinema and Czechoslovak-East German Co-productions, 1957–85. Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television. 2018, roč. 38, č. 1, s. 133-146. ISSN 0143-9685. Dostupné z: https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01439685.2017.1285151.

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SKOPAL, Pavel. The Pragmatic Alliance of DEFA and Barrandov : Cultural Transfer, Popular Cinema and Czechoslovak-East German Co-productions, 1957–85. \textit{Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television}. 2018, roč.~38, č.~1, s.~133-146. ISSN~0143-9685. Dostupné z: https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01439685.2017.1285151.

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