Cinema Europe: The Other Hollywood

7.9(8)|1995-10-01|1 seasons, 6 episodes

Documentary

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.

Episodes

Miniseries(6)

S1E1 · 1995-10-01 · 58m

Where It All Began

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.

S1E2 · 1995-10-08 · 58m

Art's Promised Land

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.

S1E3 · 1995-10-15 · 58m

The Unchained Camera

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.

S1E4 · 1995-10-22 · 58m

The Music of Light

Highlighting Abel Gance's masterpiece, Napoleon.

S1E5 · 1995-10-29 · 58m

Opportunity Lost

Exploring the early career of Alfred Hitchcock.

S1E6 · 1995-11-05 · 58m

End of an Era

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

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Kenneth Branagh