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Author:
Leteux, Christine, author.
Title:
Continental Films : French cinema under German control / Christine Leteux ; foreword by Bertrand Tavernier.
Publisher:
The University of Wisconsin Press,
Copyright Date:
2022
Description:
xvii, 253 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Subject:
Continental films--History.
Continental films.
1900-1999
Motion picture industry--France--History--20th century.
Fascism and motion pictures--France--History--20th century.
History.
Fascism and motion pictures.
Motion picture industry.
France--History--German occupation, 1940-1945.
France.
History.
Other Authors:
Tavernier, Bertrand, writer of foreword.
Other Titles:
Continental films. English
Notes:
Originally published under the title Continental Films : cinéma français sous contrôle allemand. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:
"From 1940 to 1944, the German-owned Continental Films dominated the French film landscape, producing thirty features throughout the Nazi occupation. Charged with producing entertaining and profitable films rather than propaganda, producer Alfred Greven employed some of the greatest French actors and most prestigious directors of the time, including Maurice Tourneur, Henri Decoin, Henri-Georges Clouzot, and Marcel Carné"--back cover.
Series:
Wisconsin film studies
ISBN:
0299339807
9780299339807
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1334564227
LCCN:
2021060226
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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