Cinema Europe: The Other Hollywood

7.958m19951 season

Documentary

The origin of European cinema, from its infancy as a novelty created by French inventors Auguste and Louis Lumière to its flourishing as the pinnacle of film-making in the silent era and as a serious commercial contender against America.

Directed by Kevin Brownlow

Cast

Kenneth Branagh

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Where It All Began

1995-10-01 · 58m

Highlighting the world's first public presentation of films in Paris, the comedies by Max Linder, Abel Gance's J'Accuse and the onset of World War I.

Art's Promised Land

1995-10-08 · 58m

Including Ingeborg Holm by Victor Sjostrom and Greta Garbo's star-making performance opposite Lars Hanson in Gosta Berling's Saga. Directed by Michael Winterbottom.

The Unchained Camera

1995-10-15 · 58m

Featuring The Battleship Potemkin by Sergei Eisenstein, Metropolis by Fritz Lang, Joyless Street starring Greta Garbo, The White Hell of Pitz Palu featuring Leni Riefenstahl and Louise Brooks becomes a star in Pandora's Box.

The Music of Light

1995-10-22 · 58m

Highlighting Abel Gance's masterpiece, Napoleon.

Opportunity Lost

1995-10-29 · 58m

Exploring the early career of Alfred Hitchcock.

End of an Era

1995-11-05 · 58m

Focusing on the arrival of sound films, The Jazz Singer and the onslaught of World War II.