Cinema and the Swastika

The International Expansion of Third Reich Cinema

Roel Vande Winkel, D. Welch, Roel Vande Winkel, D. Welch

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Year: 2007
• ISBN:
  9780230289321
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: European History
• Index: History

This is the first publication to bring together comparative research on the international expansion of Third Reich cinema. This volume investigates various attempts to infiltrate - economically, politically and culturally - the film industries of 20 countries and regions either occupied by, friendly with or neutral towards Nazi Germany.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Contents
• List of Illustrations
• Notes on the Contributors
• Disclaimer
• Introduction
• 1 Europe’s New Hollywood? The German Film Industry Under Nazi Rule, 1933–45
• 2 ‘European Cinema for Europe!’ The International Film Chamber, 1935–42
• 3 German Attempts to Penetrate the Spanish-speaking Film Markets, 1936–42
• 4 Between Resistance and Collaboration: Austrian Cinema and Nazism Before and During the Annexation, 1933–45
• 5 German Influence on Belgian Cinema, 1933–45: From Low-profile Presence to Downright Colonisation
• 6 Nazi Film Politics in Brazil, 1933–42
• 7 The Influence of German Cinema on Newly Established Croatian Cinematography, 1941–45
• 8 A Dangerous Neighbourhood: German Cinema in the Czechoslovak Region, 1933–45
• 9 The Attempted Nazification of French Cinema, 1934–44
• 10 Cinema Goes to War: The German Film Policy in Greece During the Occupation, 1941–44
• 11 Competitor or Compatriot? Hungarian Film in the Shadow of the Swastika, 1933–44
• 12 A War within the War: Italy, Film, Propaganda and the Quest for Cultural Hegemony in Europe (1933–43)
• 13 Celluloid Competition: German–Japanese Film Relations, 1929–45
• 14 From Dawn to Young Eagles: The (Failed) Attempt of Germanisation and Nazification of Luxembourg through Cinema, 1933–44
• 15 Dutch–German Film Relations under German Pressure and Nazi Occupation, 1933–45
• 16 From Will to Reality – Norwegian Film during the Nazi Occupation, 1940–45
• 17 Brown-red Shadows: The Influence of Third Reich and Soviet Cinema on Afrikaans Film, 1927–48
• 18 Film and Politics in South-east Europe: Germany as ‘Leading Cultural Nation’, 1933–45
• 19 German Films on the Spanish Market Before, During and After the Civil War, 1933–45
• 20 Swedish Film and Germany, 1933–45
• 21 Film Propaganda and the Balance between Neutrality and Alignment: Nazi Films in Switzerland, 1933–45
• 22 ‘A Thin Stream Issuing through Closed Lock Gates’: German Cinema and the United Kingdom, 1933–45
• 23 German Films in America, 1933–45: Public Diplomacy and an Uncoordinated Information Campaign
• 24 German Film Politics in the Occupied Eastern Territories, 1941–45
• Select Bibliography on the German Cinema, 1933–45
• Index