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The History of Cinema: 1935 |
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| 15/6 - | Amo Bek-Nazaryan’s Pepo, Armenia’s first sound film, is released. Hrachia Nersisyan stars in the title role. [ADD] | |||
| Australia | ||||
| Sep - | The NSW Cinematographic Films (Australian Quota) Act is enforced, requiring that 4% of all films screened (and 5% of those offered by distributors) should be Australian. [ADD] | |||
| China | ||||
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| 8/3 - | Actress Ruan Lingyu, ‘the Chinese Garbo’ commits suicide in Shanghai at the age of 25 by taking an overdose of barbiturates. She leaves a note stating ‘gossip is a fearful thing,’ after her lifestyle attracted malicious gossip. [MORE] | |||
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29/8 - |
Paul Fejos’s Det gyldne Smil (The Golden Smile), starring Bodil Ipsen as the actress Elsa Bruun is released. [ADD] | |||
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16/12 - |
Poul Henningsen’s controversial documentary Danmarksfilmen, which uses modern jazz as background music and employs a rhythmical montage style, is released. [ADD] | |||
| – Minerva Film is established. [ADD] | ||||
| Egypt | ||||
| 10/10 - | The inauguration of the final stage of Misr’s film studios in Giza takes place. [ADD] | |||
| Germany | ||||
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28/3 - |
Leni Riefenstahl’s Triumph des Willens (Triumph of the Will) premieres at the UFA Palast am Zoo in Berlin. A propagandistic account of the 1934 Nuremburg rally, the film seeks to deify Hitler and to emphasise the “order, unity and ambition of the Nationalist-Socialist Movement.” Hitler himself praised the film as an “incomparable glorification of the power and beauty of our Movement.” [ADD] | |||
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26/4 - |
Gustav Ucicky’s Das Madchen Johanna (Joan of Arc) is released. The film, in which Angela Salloker plays the Maid of Orlean, is shown at the International Film Congress in Berlin. It presents Joan as a prototype Hitler, drawing parallels between the way they have both saved their people from despair. [ADD] | |||
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30/4 - |
The International Cinema Congress in Berlin ends with a speech by Joseph Goebbels in which he demands state support for film production, and the drawing up of a resolution advocating the creation of film archives [ADD] | |||
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Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels abolishes film criticism in favour of ‘reporting’. [ADD] | |||
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2/7 - |
The Nazi government issues a decree that all motion pictures released before 30th January 1933 must be submitted to the censorship commission before 31st December 1935 for reassessment. [ADD] | |||
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31/12 - |
It is reported that average film production costs in Germany have doubled because of the inflated salaries paid to stars and directors. [ADD] | |||
| – Camera manufacturer Askania produces the 35mm Schulterkamera (shoulder camera), designed to fit on the cameraman’s shoulder. [ADD] | ||||
| Holland | ||||
| – The NBB orders a halt to the opening of new cinemas. [ADD] | ||||
| India | ||||
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| – The first All-India motion picture convention is held. [ADD] | ||||
| – Krishna Dev Mehra’s Sheila, starring Baby Noor Jahan, is the first Punjabi film release. [ADD] | ||||
| – Jyotiprasad Agarwala’s Joymati, the first Assamese talking picture, is released. [ADD] | ||||
| – The playback singer – star singers whose voices are dubbed for those of the screen stars – becomes a fixture. [ADD] | ||||
| Italy | ||||
| 9/11 - | The constitution for the ENIC (National Board of Cinema Industry) is drawn up in Rome. It will control all aspects of production, distribution and cinema management. [ADD] | |||
| – The Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia film school opens in Rome. It is managed by Luigi Chiarini. [ADD] | ||||
| Japan | ||||
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15/8 - |
Mikio Naruse’s Tsuma yo bara no yo ni (Wife, Be Like a Rose), starring his partner Sachko Chiba, is released. [ADD] | |||
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30/9 - |
Nikatse, one of the oldest film production companies in Japan, gives up production to concentrate solely on distribution after falling victim to the stock-market crash. [ADD] | |||
| Korea | ||||
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| 14/9 - | Woon-Gyu Na’s Kanggeonneo maeul (Town Across the River), premieres at the DanSungSa Theatre in downtown Seoul. [ADD] | |||
| – Lee Myeong-Woo’s Chunhyang-Jeon is Korea’s first sound film. [ADD] | ||||
Other Key Films of 1935 |
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| Andorra | ||||
| Andorra la República más pequeńa del mundo [ADD] | ||||
| Germany | ||||
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| Amphitryon (Reinhold Schunzel) [ADD] | ||||
| Der Alte und der Junge Konig (Hans Steinhoff) [ADD] | ||||
| Papageno (Lotte Reiniger) [ADD] | ||||
| Pygmalion (Erich Engel) [ADD] | ||||
| Hungary | ||||
| Elnökkisasszony (Miss President) (Endre Marton) [ADD] | ||||
| India | ||||
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| Devdas (P. C. Barua) [ADD] | ||||
| Iran | ||||
| Cheshmhaye Siah (Black Eyes) (Abdul Hossein Sepenta) [ADD] | ||||
| Israel | ||||
| Land of Promise (Yehuda Lehman) [ADD] | ||||
| Italy | ||||
| Campo di Maggio (Giovacchino Forzano) [ADD] | ||||
| Japan | ||||
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| Tokyo no yado (Yasujiro Ozu) [ADD] | ||||
| The History of Cinema: 1935 | ||||
| France | ||||
| Gt. Britain | ||||
| Macedonia - USSR | ||||
| USA January - June | ||||
| USA July - December | ||||
