Historical Dictionary of Polish Cinema

Marek Haltof (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

384 Seiten

2015 | Second Edition
Rowman & Littlefield (Verlag)
978-1-4422-4471-9 (ISBN)

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In 1902, scientist and inventor Kazimierz Prószyński made the first Polish narrative film, The Return of a Merry Fellow. Since then, the Polish film industry has produced a diverse body of work, ranging from patriotic melodramas and epic adaptations of the national literary canon to Yiddish cinema and films portraying the corrupt side of communism. Poland has produced several internationally known films, including Andrzej Wajda’s war trilogy, A Generation (1955), Kanal (1957), and Ashes and Diamonds (1958); Roman Polański’s Knife in the Water (1962); and Andrzej Munk’s The Passenger (1963). Often performing specific political and cultural duties for their nation, Polish filmmakers were well aware of their role as educators, entertainers, social activists, and political leaders.

This second edition of Historical Dictionary of Polish Cinema fills the gap in film scholarship, presenting an extensive factual survey of Polish film. Through a chronology; an introductory essay; appendixes, a bibliography; and over 300 cross-referenced dictionary entries on films, directors, actors, producers, and film institutions, a balanced picture of the richness of Polish cinema is presented. Readers with professional interest in cinema will welcome this new work, which will enhance senior undergraduate or postgraduate courses in film studies.

Marek Haltof is professor at Northern Michigan University in Marquette. He has published several books, among them Polish Film and the Holocaust: Politics and Memory (2012), The Cinema of Krzysztof Kieślowski: Variations on Destiny and Chance (2004) and Polish National Cinema (2002).

Editor’s Foreword, Jon Woronoff
Preface
Acknowledgments
Reader’s Note
Chronology
Acronyms and Abbreviations
Introduction
THE DICTIONARY
Appendix A: Twenty-Five Biggest Box-Office Hits on Polish Screens from 1945 to 1989
Appendix B: Twenty-Five Biggest Box-Office Hits on Polish Screens from 1989 to 2013
Appendix C: Twenty Best Polish Television Films
Bibliography
About the Author

Erscheint lt. Verlag	2.4.2015
Reihe/Serie	Historical Dictionaries of Literature and the Arts
Verlagsort	Lanham, MD
Sprache	englisch
Maße	161 x 236 mm
Gewicht	689 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV
	Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lexikon / Chroniken
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Medienwissenschaft
ISBN-10	1-4422-4471-2 / 1442244712
ISBN-13	978-1-4422-4471-9 / 9781442244719
Zustand	Neuware