Iluminace 2009, 21(2):83-134
Newsreels in Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia: Karel Pečený and His Newsreel Company Aktualita
This translation of a study by the Dutch art theorist and publicist Karl Margry exhaustively reveals the background of the production of the Czechoslovak film weekly Aktualita during the period of the German occupation 1938-1945. The author looks at the situation of film reporting in this period through Karel Pečený's strategies and negotiations with the German authorities, and describes Aktualita as an example of collaborative production. The personality of Karel Pečený and his attitude towards the German authorities are revealed in parallel with questions concerning the organisation of film reporting within the Protectorate structures, describing the gradual transformation of Pečený's position from initial defiance through reconciliation to active collaboration with the Nazis.
Keywords: film production companies and studios, Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, film history, film news, film weeklies
Published: June 1, 2009 Show citation
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