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The History of Cinema: 1936

 

 

 

 

 

     
   

Australia - Ireland

     
   

Amar Jyoti (India, 1936)

     
   

Burma

   

 

   

– Parot U Sunny’s Dou Daung Lan (Our Peacock Flag) is released.   It is banned by the British authorities. [ADD]

   

 

     
   

 

   

Czechoslovakia

   

 

 

1/1 -

The Barrandov Studios now have two newly-constructed sound stages. [ADD]

     
     
     
 

 

Egypt

 

 

 

 

10/2 -

Ahmed Badrakhan’s Wedad, the first film to be completed at the new Masr Studios, is released.   It stars singer Om Koultoum in the title role. [ADD]

   

 

   

– 17 films are produced in Egypt in 1936. [ADD]

   

 

     
   

 

   

Gabon

   

 

   

– George Manuel produces a film on forestry exploitation for France’s overseas ministry entitled Gabon, Kingdom of the Forest.   It is the first film made in the country. [ADD]

     
   

 

   

 

   

Germany

     
    Modern Times (USA, 1936)
     
 

1/ 2 - 

German cinema finds itself in the midst of a crisis as exports drop drastically due to the heavily propagandistic content of much of its output. [ADD]

 

 

 

 

18/2 -

The Propaganda Ministry bans Charlie Chaplin’s Modern Times from cinemas. [ADD]

 

 

 

 

31/3 -

Joseph Goebbels replaces Dr. Alfred Hugenberg as head of the UFA Trust.   He is replaced by a committee headed by filmmaker Carl Froelich. [ADD]

 

 

 

 

1/8 -

Leni Riefenstahl begins filming the Berlin Olympic Games for Hitler’s propagandistic feature-length documentary, Olympische Spiele. [ADD]

 

 

 

 

4/8 -

Carl Froelich’s Das Schonheitsfleckchen for UFA is released.   The first German fiction film to be shot in colour (using Siemen’s Opti-color process), the 29-minute film is based on a short story by Alfred de Musset and stars Lil Dagover and Wolfgang Liebeneiner. [ADD]

   

 

   

– The Nazi Government forms a new company in order to acquire existing film companies. [ADD]

   

 

   

– Josef Goebbels prohibits independent film reviews. [ADD]

     
   

 

   

 

   

Greenland

     
  Palo's Brudefaerd (1936)
   

 

   

– Palos brudefaerd (The Wedding of Palo), a co-production with Denmark, is possibly released this year – although dates found vary from 1933 to 1936.   The film is Greenland’s first.   It is written by Knud Rasmussen and directed by Friedrich Dalsheim [ADD]

   

 

     
   

 

   

India

   

 

   

– Jaddanbai founds Sangeet Films to make films featuring her daughter Nargis. [ADD]

   

 

   

– Sohrab Modi and his brother Rustom found Minerva Movietone. [ADD]

 

 

   

– Rajaram Vankudre Shantaram’s adventure film Amar Jyoti becomes the first Indian film to be screened at a Western film festival when it is screened at the Venice Film Festival. [ADD]

     
   

 

   

 

   

Ireland

   

 

   

– The Irish Film Society is founded in Dublin. [ADD]

     
     
     
     
   

Other Key Films of 1936

   

Australia

   

 

   

The Flying Doctor (Miles Mander) [ADD]

   

 

     
   

 

   

China

   

 

   

Song of China (Ming-Yau Lo) [ADD]

   

 

     
   

 

   

Germany

     
    Schlussakkord (1936)
   

 

   

Die Nacht mit dem Kaiser (Erich Engel) [ADD]

   

 

   

Schatten der Vergangenheit (Werner Hochbaum) [ADD]

   

 

   

Schlussakkord (Detlef Sierck) [ADD]

     
     
     
   

Hungary

     
    Havi 200 fix (1936)
   

 

   

Cafι Moszkva (Istvan Szekely) [ADD]

   

 

   

Havi 200 fix (Salary: 200 A Month) (Bιla Balogh) [ADD]

     
   

 

   

 

   

India

   

 

   

Balayogini (Krishnaswami Subrahmanyam) [ADD]

   

 

   

Manzil (P C Barua) [ADD]

   

 

   

Maya (P C Barua) [ADD]

     
     
     
   

The History of Cinema: 1936

    France
     
    Gt. Britain
     
    Italy - USSR
     
    USA January - June
     
    USA July - December
     
     
     
     

 

 

 

 

 

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