Na jakie filmy i do których kin chadzałby Eberhard Mock? Teatry świetlne oraz ich repertuary w weimarskim i nazistowskim Wrocławiu
What Films and in Which Cinemas Would Eberhard Mock Have Watched? Cinema Theatres and Their Programming in Weimar and Nazi Breslau

Summary/Abstract: In his book "Nowoczesność, rozrywka, propaganda. Historia kina we Wrocławiu w latach 1919-1945" ["Modernity, Entertainment, Propaganda: History of Cinema in Wrocław in the Years 1919-1945"] (2019), Andrzej Dębski offers a multi-layered analysis of cinema culture in Breslau in the interwar period and during World War II. Volume I of the monograph focuses on movie theatres – their architecture and owners, whereas in Volume II the attention shifts to cinema programming and film audiences. While the reviewer is critical of the structure of Dębski’s book, he appreciates the meticulousness of research. In particular, Dębski’s use of John Sedgwick’s POPSTAT method proved to be fruitful in demonstrating the similarities and differences between the programming in Breslau’s cinemas and nationwide box-office results in the Weimar Republic and the Third Reich.

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