Genres
Networks
Alla Risacca
Created By
David Gill
Cinema Europe: The Other Hollywood
Overview
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.
Key Crew
Director: Kevin Brownlow, David Gill
Top Cast
Kenneth Branagh
Seasons
Season 1 (1995)
No overview available.
6 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: Where It All Began
1995-10-01Highlighting 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.
Runtime: 58 minEpisode 2: Art's Promised Land
1995-10-08Including Ingeborg Holm by Victor Sjostrom and Greta Garbo's star-making performance opposite Lars Hanson in Gosta Berling's Saga. Directed by Michael Winterbottom.
Runtime: 58 minEpisode 3: The Unchained Camera
1995-10-15Featuring 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.
Runtime: 58 minEpisode 4: The Music of Light
1995-10-22Highlighting Abel Gance's masterpiece, Napoleon.
Runtime: 58 minEpisode 5: Opportunity Lost
1995-10-29Exploring the early career of Alfred Hitchcock.
Runtime: 58 minEpisode 6: End of an Era
1995-11-05Focusing on the arrival of sound films, The Jazz Singer and the onslaught of World War II.
Runtime: 58 min
