Cinema of collaboration : DEFA coproductions and international exchange in Cold War Europe / Mariana Ivanova

"From their very inception, European cinemas undertook collaborative ventures in an attempt to cultivate a transnational "Film-Europe." In the postwar era, it was DEFA, the state cinema of East Germany, that emerged as a key site for cooperative practices. Despite the significant chal...

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Main Authors:Ivanova, Mariana (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published:New York ; Oxford : Berghahn, 2020
Series:Film Europa volume 21
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Online Access:Inhaltsverzeichnis
Table of Contents
Introduction
The legacy of "Film Europe" : DEFA's coproductions with France
Film exchange beyond the ban : Erich Mehl's partnership with DEFA
Competing with the West, running with the East : creating utopia in DEFA artistic production units
Writing together : DEFA's biopics in the context of European cinema
Epilogue : heritage, continuity, and collaboration.