Nitrianske kiná v období druhej svetovej vojny
The Nitra cinema during the Second World War

Summary/Abstract: During the war years 1939 – 1945, films were a popular way of spending free time and escaping from everyday reality. They were not only a means of entertainment,thanks to them it was possible to present a specific message to the general public,and they were misused for political, ideological and propaganda purposes. In this period, cinemas showed anti-Semitic films, full of xenophobic ideas, films celebrating the German army and “Aryan ideals”, but also films offering simple entertainment.The financial and creative potential of the Slovak Republic was limited, so the demand for films was supplemented by pictures distributed from abroad. As a result of the political and military situation, German films predominated in Slovakia.Using the example of the town of Nitra, the study presents information about films shown in a middle sized Slovak town, analysing their origin, genre, message and price. It gives information about visits to the cinema as one of the possibilities for spending free time, as well as about efforts to politically exploit them.

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