Za „vysokou ideovou úroveň“, a/nebo za vyšší tržby? Filmová distribuce v českých zemích z hlediska konfliktu ideologických a hospodářských cílů (1945
Ideology or Financial Profi t or Both? Film Distribution in the Bohemian Lands and the Confl ict between Ideological and Economic Aims, 1945–68

Summary/Abstract: Film distribution in Czechoslovakia under the Communist regime was meant to serve political ends as an instrument in developing a new kind of fi lm culture. The initial failure of this model underscored the tension between the ideological requirements on arts policy and economic demands made on the fi lm industry. Distribution in 1948–68 can therefore usefully be seen not only as an instrument for carrying out the offi cial ideology of the Communist Party, but also as a place where different interests clashed as they were carried out in distribution practices. From this perspective the author considers the changes that took place in the distribution and presentation of fi lms in these years. Even before the February 1948 takeover, an orientation to the USSR within the fi lm industry and pressure from the apparat of the Czechoslovak Communist Party were clearly manifested in fi lm distribution. The years from 1948 to 1950 saw the most striking attempt to create a new type of fi lm culture and radically to force the supply of fi lms to conform to this aim. The failure of these efforts, accompanied by fi nancial demands on the Czechoslovak State Film company (Československy statni fi lm), led to a certain differentiation in what was put on offer and also led to the fi rst confl icts between the company and the apparats of the State and the Party. According to the author, there was a marked decentralization of distribution in 1957, but shortly afterwards the regime became [...]

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