Table of Contents

Preface Introduction The Soviet Union by Thomas J. Slater Poland by Bruce R. S. Litte Czechoslovakia by Thomas J. Slater Yugoslavia by Daniel J. Goulding Hungary by Tomasz Warchol East Germany by Judith Roof Romania by Judith Roof Bulgaria by Bruce R. S. Litte Appendix: Chronology of Major Historical, Cultural, and Film Events in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, 1890-1990 Index

Promotional Information

This handbook shows how much film art was being produced behind the Iron Curtain even during repressive periods. Slater has compiled a valuable history of cinematic evolution in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe.

About the Author

THOMAS J. SLATER is Assistant Professor of Film and Literature at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. He is the author of Milos Forman: A Bio-Bibliography (Greenwood Press, 1987).

Reviews

?In surveying the film output of seven East European countries and the (former) Soviet Union to 1990, this handbook is well timed to summarize the full period during which communist governments controlled the cinema of the region. Each of the countries (Soviet Union, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, Hungary, East Germany, Romania, and Bulgaria) is treated in a separate chapter, containing a general essay, bibliography, brief biographical sketches of key persons (primarily directors), and selected filmography. Emphasis is on feature-length fictional films; shorts, animations, and documentaries are generally excluded. Two indexes are provided: a film index with both foreign and translated versions of film titles, and a subject index covering individuals as well as topics such as "World War II" and "Hungarian Revolution (1956)." An overall chronology of major "historical, cultural and film events" of the region is also included. A useful addition to the literature since earlier books on the topic are not organized as reference works; recommended for strong film collections in upper-division undergraduate and university libraries.?-Choice

?Still, students and scholars of the genre will find this volume a valuable resource.?-ARBA

"Still, students and scholars of the genre will find this volume a valuable resource."-ARBA

"In surveying the film output of seven East European countries and the (former) Soviet Union to 1990, this handbook is well timed to summarize the full period during which communist governments controlled the cinema of the region. Each of the countries (Soviet Union, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, Hungary, East Germany, Romania, and Bulgaria) is treated in a separate chapter, containing a general essay, bibliography, brief biographical sketches of key persons (primarily directors), and selected filmography. Emphasis is on feature-length fictional films; shorts, animations, and documentaries are generally excluded. Two indexes are provided: a film index with both foreign and translated versions of film titles, and a subject index covering individuals as well as topics such as "World War II" and "Hungarian Revolution (1956)." An overall chronology of major "historical, cultural and film events" of the region is also included. A useful addition to the literature since earlier books on the topic are not organized as reference works; recommended for strong film collections in upper-division undergraduate and university libraries."-Choice