Archival Spaces 405: The World Belongs to Us (1937) Uploaded 7 August 2026 In my last blog, I discussed the films of the Czech comedy team, Jiří Voskovec & Jan Werich, available on a 4-disc-set, produced by the Czech National Film Archive, now apparently out of print. I wanted to spend more time discussing theContinue reading “405: Voskovec & Werich 2”
Tag Archives: Anti-Nazi films
360: Euthanasia in Film
Archival Spaces 360 Ich klage an / I accuse (1941) Uploaded 15 November 2024 My German-born mother once confessed to me that she was in favor of mercy killing if someone was terminally ill because as a teenager in Cologne, she had seen Ich klage an (1941), Wolfgang Liebeneiner’s propagandistic endorsement of euthanasia, lavishly producedContinue reading “360: Euthanasia in Film”
325: Mission to Moscow
Archival Spaces 325: Mission to Moscow (1943, Michael Curtiz) Uploaded 7 July 2023 For much of cinema’s history, the U.S. government has engaged in various forms of political film propaganda. In the modern era film and video have communicated soft power, rather than the nation’s actual military might, producing public service messages, educational, and documentaryContinue reading “325: Mission to Moscow”
293: Austria on Hollywood’s Screens
Archival Spaces 293: Austria Made in Hollywood Uploaded 15 April 2022 Back in December, I reported on the Academy Film Museum Symposium “Vienna in Hollywood. The Influence and Impact of Austrians on the Hollywood Film Industry 1920s – 2020s.” Now, I have finally caught up with an excellent book that focuses less on Austrians inContinue reading “293: Austria on Hollywood’s Screens”
Archival Spaces 