Jews, Nazis and the Cinema of Hungary: The Tragedy of Success, 1929-1944

by David Frey

Book Overview

Between 1929 and 1942, Hungary's motion picture industry experienced meteoric growth. It leapt into Europe's top echelon, trailing only Nazi Germany and Italy in feature output. Yet by 1944, Hungary's cinema was in shambles, internal and external forces having destroyed its unification experiments and productive capacity. This original cultural and political history examines the birth, unexpected ascendance, and wartime collapse of Hungary's early...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1350248061
• ISBN13: 9781350248069
• Release Date: November 2021
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 1.21 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.5" x 8.5"