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Cinema Europe: The Other Hollywood

1995 · 1 season

A scholarly, lovingly assembled tour through silent-era archives, rich with rare footage and measured narration that rewards patient curiosity.

Created by
Kevin Brownlow, David Gill
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Kenneth Branagh
Overview
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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Created by
Kevin Brownlow, David Gill
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Kenneth Branagh
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Tone
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • art
  • media
  • ambition
  • class
  • survival
Places
  • big city
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • documentary
  • serialised
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Action1
Horror1
Humour3
Realism10
Romance2
Tension2
Darkness3
Complexity6
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
documentary
Created by
Kevin Brownlow, David Gill
Starring
Kenneth Branagh
Length
1 seasons, 6 episodes, 58 min each
Network
BBC Two, Alla Risacca
Languages
English

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