Dewey Decimal791.4309439
Table Of ContentIntroduction 1. Birth of an Industry 2. The End of Empire: Revolution, Reaction and the "Talkies" 3. Quotas, Foreigners and Co-Productions 4. The 1930s and the Second World War 5. Somewhere in Europe: Reconstruction and Stalinism 6. Upturns, Downturns and Merry-Go-Rounds: The Road to 1956 7. The 1960s: New Directors, New Films, New Wave 8. The 1970s and the 1980s: The Transitional Years 9. The Walls Come Down: The "System Change" and After 10. Documentary, Animation and the Avant-Garde 11. Jews, Gypsies and Others 12. Foci, Fradi and the "Golden Team" 13. Conclusion
SynopsisHungarian cinema has often been forced to tread a precarious and difficult path. Through the failed 1919 revolution to the defeat of the 1956 Uprising and its aftermath, Hungarian film-makers and their audiences have had to contend with a multiplicity of problems. In the 1960s, however, Hungary entered into a period of relative stability and increasing cultural relaxation, resulting in an astonishing growth of film-making. Innovative and groundbreaking directors such as Miklós Jancsó ( Hungarian Rhapsody , The Red and the White ), István Szabó ( Mephisto , Sunshine ) and Márta Mészaros ( Little Vilma: The Last Diary ) emerged and established the reputation of Hungarian films on a global basis. This is the first book to discuss all major aspects of Hungarian cinema, including avant-garde, animation, and representations of the Gypsy and Jewish minorities., Hungarian cinema has often been forced to tread a precarious and difficult path. Through the failed 1919 revolution to the defeat of the 1956 Uprising and its aftermath, Hungarian film-makers and their audiences have had to contend with a multiplicity of problems. In the 1960s, however, Hungary entered into a period of relative stability and increasing cultural relaxation, resulting in an astonishing growth of film-making. Innovative and groundbreaking directors such as Mikl s Jancs ( Hungarian Rhapsody , The Red and the White ), Istv n Szab ( Mephisto , Sunshine ) and M rta M szaros ( Little Vilma: The Last Diary ) emerged and established the reputation of Hungarian films on a global basis. This is the first book to discuss all major aspects of Hungarian cinema, including avant-garde, animation, and representations of the Gypsy and Jewish minorities., In the 1960s, innovative and groundbreaking directors such as Mikls Jancs ( Hungarian Rhapsody , The Red and the White ), Istvn Szab ( Mephisto , Sunshine ) and Mrta Mszaros ( Little Vilma: The Last Diary ) emerged and established the reputation of Hungarian films on a global basis. This is the first book to discuss all major aspects of Hungarian cinema, including avant-garde, animation, and representations of the Gypsy and Jewish minorities.
LC Classification NumberPN1993.5.H8.C8 2004