Cinema Europe: The Other Hollywood
1995 · 1 season · 6 episodes · Ended · BBC Two
Documentary
TMDB 7.9 · 8 votes
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
- S01E01Where It All Began1995-10-0158m
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.
- S01E02Art's Promised Land1995-10-0858m
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.
- S01E03The Unchained Camera1995-10-1558m
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.
- S01E04The Music of Light1995-10-2258m
Highlighting Abel Gance's masterpiece, Napoleon.
- S01E05Opportunity Lost1995-10-2958m
Exploring the early career of Alfred Hitchcock.
- S01E06End of an Era1995-11-0558m
Focusing on the arrival of sound films, The Jazz Singer and the onslaught of World War II.
