Cinema Europe: The Other Hollywood

Miniseries

1995 · 6 episodes · 5h 48m in all

Episodes

1. 1

   1. Where It All Began

   1 Oct 1995 · 58 min

   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.

2. 2

   2. Art's Promised Land

   8 Oct 1995 · 58 min

   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.

3. 3

   3. The Unchained Camera

   15 Oct 1995 · 58 min

   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.

4. 4

   4. The Music of Light

   22 Oct 1995 · 58 min

   Highlighting Abel Gance's masterpiece, Napoleon.

5. 5

   5. Opportunity Lost

   29 Oct 1995 · 58 min

   Exploring the early career of Alfred Hitchcock.

6. 6

   6. End of an Era

   5 Nov 1995 · 58 min

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