Cinema and the Swastika is the very first publication to bring together comparative research on the international expansion of the Third Reich cinema. This volume investigates various attempts to economically, politically and culturally infiltrate the film industries of 20 countries or regions which Nazi Germany occupied, befriended or entertained 'neutral' relationships with. With contributions from internationally acclaimed specialists, countries and regions covered included Western and Central Europe, Italy, Japan, Scandinavia, Spain, the South Americas and the USA. The book also features assessments of the International Film Chamber, through which propaganda minister Goebbels tried to take lead of the 'Film Europe' movement, and of Hispano Film, through which German cinema tried to conquer Spanish markets.
Winner of the 2007 Willy Haas Award for books on German cinema. For more information see the prize website: http://www.wgfilmtv.ugent.be/willyhaas_award_ENG.htm
'All in all, the academically sound chapters address the complex issues that surround the international dimension of Third Reich Cinema and thus reinvigorate academic discourses dealing with this controversial era...The comprehensive index ensures that it can also be used a a valuable work of reference...it is strongly recommended for libraries and a varierty of academic departments...' - Tobias Hochscherf, Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television
'The papers collected in this volume offer new and diverse material invaluable as a resource to film students and historians alike, as well as being a fascinating companion to the films produced under the Third Reich. The content is extremely well presented and referenced, with an excellent index, select bibliography and black and white images illuminating film posters and historic photographs from the period. The end result is a professional and extremely interesting collection of important studies.' - Karl Birkelbach, Limina
'This innovative collection on the Third Reich should trigger new research. The essays are extremely informative, raising new issues about cultural imperialism and consumerism during the National Socialist era. Each essay is a precise, informative piece about the chosen country or region, introducing, indeed for the first time, film industries usually left out of Third Reich cinema studies.' - Christelle Le Faucheur, H-Net
'Cinema and the Swastika was rightfully awarded the Willy Haas Award for outstanding publication on German cinema at Cinefest 2007 in Hamburg. The contributions are stimulating, informative, and jargon-free. This book belongs in the reference collection of anyone engaged in the study of German politics, culture or film history from 1933 until 1945.' - Horst Claus, Filmblatt
Introduction
Europe's New Hollywood? The German Film Industry Under Nazi Rule, 1933-1945; D.Welch & R.Vande Winkel
'European Cinema for Europe!' The International Film Chamber, 1935-42; B.G.Martin
German Attempts to Penetrate the Spanish-speaking Film Markets, 1936-1942; L.Jarvinen & F.Peredo-Castro
Between Resistance and Collaboration: Austrian Cinema and Nazism Before and During the Annexation, 1933-45; R.von Dassanowsky
German Influence on Belgian Cinema, 1933-45: from Low-Profile Presence to Downright Colonisation; R.Vande Winkel
Nazi Film Politics in Brazil, 1933-42; L.Nazario
The Influence of German Cinema on Newly Established Croatian Cinematography, 1941-45; D.Rafaelic
A Dangerous Neighbourhood: German Cinema in the Czechoslovak Region, 1933-45; I.Klimes
The Attempted Nazification of French Cinema, 1934-44; B.Bowles
Cinema Goes to War: the German Film Policy in Greece during the Occupation, 1941-44; E.Sifaki
'Competitor or Compatriot? Hungarian Film in the Shadow of the Swastika', 1933-44; D.S.Frey
A War Within the War: Italy, Film, Propaganda and the Quest for Cultural Hegemony in Europe (1933-43); A.A.Kallis
Celluloid Competition: German-Japanese Film Relations, 1929-45; J.Hansen
From Dawn to Young Eagles : The (Failed) Attempt of Germanisation and Nazification of Luxembourg Through Cinema, 1933-1944; P.Lesch
Dutch-German Film Relations Under German Pressure and Nazi Occupation, 1933-45; I.Schiweck
From Will to Reality - Norwegian Film During the Nazi Occupation, 1940-45; B.Sorenssen
Brown-Red Shadows: The Influence of Third Reich and Soviet Cinema on Afrikaans Film; K.Tomaselli & M.Eckardt
Film and Politics in South-East Europe: Germany as 'leading cultural nation'; T.Kirk
German Films on the Spanish Market Before, During and After the Civil War; M.A. Paz & J.Montero
Swedish Film and Germany, 1933-45; R.Wright
Film Propaganda and the Balance between Neutrality and Alignment: Nazi Films in Switzerland, 1933-45; G.Haver
'A thin stream issuing through closed lock gates': German Cinema and the United Kingdom, 1933-45; J.Fox
German Films in America, 1933-45: Public Diplomacy and an Uncoordinated Information Campaign; D.Culbert
Select bibliography
ROEL VANDE WINKEL is Postdoctoral Fellow at the Belgian Research Foundation - Flanders, member of the Working Group Film & TV Studies (Ghent University) and Visiting Professor at the Sint Lukas Hogeschool Brussel. He has published on various topics relating to Belgian and German film and media history. He is the European book review editor for the Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television and preparing the book publication of his PhD thesis on Nazi newsreels in occupied Europe, 1939-1945.
DAVID WELCH is Professor of Modern History and Director of the Centre for the Study of Propaganda and War at the University of Kent, UK. His books include Modern European History, 1871-2000 (1999), Germany, Propaganda and Total War 1914-18 (2000), Hitler: Profile of a Dictator (2001), The Third Reich: Politics and Propaganda (2002) and Propaganda and the German Cinema, 1933-45 (2001, 2006). He is co-author of Propaganda and Mass Persuasion: A Historical Encyclopedia, 1500 to Present (2003) and is the general editor of Routledge's Sources in History series.
Description
Cinema and the Swastika is the very first publication to bring together comparative research on the international expansion of the Third Reich cinema. This volume investigates various attempts to economically, politically and culturally infiltrate the film industries of 20 countries or regions which Nazi Germany occupied, befriended or entertained 'neutral' relationships with. With contributions from internationally acclaimed specialists, countries and regions covered included Western and Central Europe, Italy, Japan, Scandinavia, Spain, the South Americas and the USA. The book also features assessments of the International Film Chamber, through which propaganda minister Goebbels tried to take lead of the 'Film Europe' movement, and of Hispano Film, through which German cinema tried to conquer Spanish markets.
Reviews
Winner of the 2007 Willy Haas Award for books on German cinema. For more information see the prize website: http://www.wgfilmtv.ugent.be/willyhaas_award_ENG.htm
'All in all, the academically sound chapters address the complex issues that surround the international dimension of Third Reich Cinema and thus reinvigorate academic discourses dealing with this controversial era...The comprehensive index ensures that it can also be used a a valuable work of reference...it is strongly recommended for libraries and a varierty of academic departments...' - Tobias Hochscherf, Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television
'The papers collected in this volume offer new and diverse material invaluable as a resource to film students and historians alike, as well as being a fascinating companion to the films produced under the Third Reich. The content is extremely well presented and referenced, with an excellent index, select bibliography and black and white images illuminating film posters and historic photographs from the period. The end result is a professional and extremely interesting collection of important studies.' - Karl Birkelbach, Limina
'This innovative collection on the Third Reich should trigger new research. The essays are extremely informative, raising new issues about cultural imperialism and consumerism during the National Socialist era. Each essay is a precise, informative piece about the chosen country or region, introducing, indeed for the first time, film industries usually left out of Third Reich cinema studies.' - Christelle Le Faucheur, H-Net
'Cinema and the Swastika was rightfully awarded the Willy Haas Award for outstanding publication on German cinema at Cinefest 2007 in Hamburg. The contributions are stimulating, informative, and jargon-free. This book belongs in the reference collection of anyone engaged in the study of German politics, culture or film history from 1933 until 1945.' - Horst Claus, Filmblatt
Contents
Introduction
Europe's New Hollywood? The German Film Industry Under Nazi Rule, 1933-1945; D.Welch & R.Vande Winkel
'European Cinema for Europe!' The International Film Chamber, 1935-42; B.G.Martin
German Attempts to Penetrate the Spanish-speaking Film Markets, 1936-1942; L.Jarvinen & F.Peredo-Castro
Between Resistance and Collaboration: Austrian Cinema and Nazism Before and During the Annexation, 1933-45; R.von Dassanowsky
German Influence on Belgian Cinema, 1933-45: from Low-Profile Presence to Downright Colonisation; R.Vande Winkel
Nazi Film Politics in Brazil, 1933-42; L.Nazario
The Influence of German Cinema on Newly Established Croatian Cinematography, 1941-45; D.Rafaelic
A Dangerous Neighbourhood: German Cinema in the Czechoslovak Region, 1933-45; I.Klimes
The Attempted Nazification of French Cinema, 1934-44; B.Bowles
Cinema Goes to War: the German Film Policy in Greece during the Occupation, 1941-44; E.Sifaki
'Competitor or Compatriot? Hungarian Film in the Shadow of the Swastika', 1933-44; D.S.Frey
A War Within the War: Italy, Film, Propaganda and the Quest for Cultural Hegemony in Europe (1933-43); A.A.Kallis
Celluloid Competition: German-Japanese Film Relations, 1929-45; J.Hansen
From Dawn to Young Eagles : The (Failed) Attempt of Germanisation and Nazification of Luxembourg Through Cinema, 1933-1944; P.Lesch
Dutch-German Film Relations Under German Pressure and Nazi Occupation, 1933-45; I.Schiweck
From Will to Reality - Norwegian Film During the Nazi Occupation, 1940-45; B.Sorenssen
Brown-Red Shadows: The Influence of Third Reich and Soviet Cinema on Afrikaans Film; K.Tomaselli & M.Eckardt
Film and Politics in South-East Europe: Germany as 'leading cultural nation'; T.Kirk
German Films on the Spanish Market Before, During and After the Civil War; M.A. Paz & J.Montero
Swedish Film and Germany, 1933-45; R.Wright
Film Propaganda and the Balance between Neutrality and Alignment: Nazi Films in Switzerland, 1933-45; G.Haver
'A thin stream issuing through closed lock gates': German Cinema and the United Kingdom, 1933-45; J.Fox
German Films in America, 1933-45: Public Diplomacy and an Uncoordinated Information Campaign; D.Culbert
Select bibliography
Authors
ROEL VANDE WINKEL is Postdoctoral Fellow at the Belgian Research Foundation - Flanders, member of the Working Group Film & TV Studies (Ghent University) and Visiting Professor at the Sint Lukas Hogeschool Brussel. He has published on various topics relating to Belgian and German film and media history. He is the European book review editor for the Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television and preparing the book publication of his PhD thesis on Nazi newsreels in occupied Europe, 1939-1945.
DAVID WELCH is Professor of Modern History and Director of the Centre for the Study of Propaganda and War at the University of Kent, UK. His books include Modern European History, 1871-2000 (1999), Germany, Propaganda and Total War 1914-18 (2000), Hitler: Profile of a Dictator (2001), The Third Reich: Politics and Propaganda (2002) and Propaganda and the German Cinema, 1933-45 (2001, 2006). He is co-author of Propaganda and Mass Persuasion: A Historical Encyclopedia, 1500 to Present (2003) and is the general editor of Routledge's Sources in History series.
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