Books > History > European history > From 1900 > Second World War > The Holocaust
|
Buy Now
Polish Film and the Holocaust - Politics and Memory (Paperback)
Loot Price: R836
Discovery Miles 8 360
|
|
Polish Film and the Holocaust - Politics and Memory (Paperback)
Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days
|
During World War II Poland lost more than six million people,
including about three million Polish Jews who perished in the
ghettos and extermination camps built by Nazi Germany in occupied
Polish territories. This book is the first to address the
representation of the Holocaust in Polish film and does so through
a detailed treatment of several films, which the author frames in
relation to the political, ideological, and cultural contexts of
the times in which they were created. Following the chronological
development of Polish Holocaust films, the book begins with two
early classics: Wanda Jakubowska's The Last Stage (1948) and
Aleksander Ford's Border Street (1949), and next explores the
Polish School period, represented by Andrzej Wajda's A Generation
(1955) and Andrzej Munk's The Passenger (1963). Between 1965 and
1980 there was an "organized silence" regarding sensitive
Polish-Jewish relations resulting in only a few relevant films
until the return of democracy in 1989 when an increasing number
were made, among them Krzysztof Kieslowski's Decalogue 8 (1988),
Andrzej Wajda's Korczak (1990), Jan Jakub Kolski's Keep Away from
the Window (2000), and Roman Polanski's The Pianist (2002). An
important contribution to film studies, this book has wider
relevance in addressing the issue of Poland's national memory.
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
|
|
Email address subscribed successfully.
A activation email has been sent to you.
Please click the link in that email to activate your subscription.