Between 1929 and 1942, Hungary's motion picture industry experienced meteoric growth. It leapt into Europe's top echelon, trailing only Nazi Germany and Italy in feature output. Yet by 1944, Hungary's cinema was in shambles, internal and external forces having destroyed its unification experiments and productive capacity.
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Introduction
Chapter 1 - When Silence became Loud. The Silent Era and the Origins of Sound
Chapter 2 - Constructing the Fantasy of Hungary. Elite Concepts of the National
Chapter 3 - National Cinema, International Stage. Film Trade and Foreign Relations
Chapter 5 - The Flawed Christian National System
Chapter 6 - The War
Chapter 7 - The National Spirit Doesn't Stick to Celluloid. Hungary's Failed Nationalist Film Experiments
Conclusion