Cinema Europe: The Other Hollywood

Season 11995

The origin of European cinema, from its infancy as a novelty created by French inventors Auguste and Louis Lumière to its flourishing as the pinnacle of film-making in the silent era and as a serious commercial contender against America.

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6 Episodes

E01 Where It All Began

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.

October 1, 1995

E02 Art's Promised Land

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.

October 8, 1995

E03 The Unchained Camera

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.

October 15, 1995

E04 The Music of Light

Highlighting Abel Gance's masterpiece, Napoleon.

October 22, 1995

E05 Opportunity Lost

Exploring the early career of Alfred Hitchcock.

October 29, 1995

E06 End of an Era

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

November 5, 1995

Cinema Europe: The Other Hollywood

E01 Where It All Began

E02 Art's Promised Land

E03 The Unchained Camera

E04 The Music of Light

E05 Opportunity Lost

E06 End of an Era

When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts

D-Day to Berlin

Indie Sex

Knights of Bloodsteel

Andy Warhol's TV

South Park

Chernobyl

Breaking Bad

Wednesday

Mr. Robot

House

The Walking Dead

Attack on Titan

Once Upon a Time

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power

Dune: Prophecy

Squid Game

How to Get Away with Murder

One Piece

The Simpsons

E01 Where It All Began

E02 Art's Promised Land

E03 The Unchained Camera

E04 The Music of Light

E05 Opportunity Lost

E06 End of an Era