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The History of Cinema: 1942 |
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Greece - USSR |
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Holland |
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– The number of people visiting the cinema rises to a level higher than that reached before occupation by German forces. [ADD] |
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Hungary |
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– 48 feature films are produced in Hungary in 1942, an increase of 20% on the previous year. [ADD] |
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India |
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– Homi Wadia’s Ekta (Unity), produced by J B H Wadia, is the first Sindhi-language film. [ADD] |
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– Producers are given a maximum of 11,000ft of raw stock and 400ft for publicity trailers because of the shortage of material. [ADD] |
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– Sashadhar Mukherjee and Ashok Kumar breakaway from Bombay Talkies production company to form Filmistan. [ADD] |
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– Mehboob forms his own production company with a hammer and sickle logo. [ADD] |
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Italy |
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La Nave bianca (The White Ship), Roberto Rossellini’s first feature film, is released. Originally intended as a documentary, the entire film was shot aboard the hospital ship Arno and the entire cast was made up of Medical Corps staff and naval officers. [MORE] |
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Kyrgyzstan |
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– Kyrgyzfilm Studio is founded. [ADD] |
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Macedonia |
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– Blagoja Drnkov shoots The Military Horse Race, and The Football Match Between Levski and Macedonia at the Gradjanski football ground. [ADD] |
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– Blagoja Pop-Stefanija and Kiril Minoski make The Skiers on the Bukovo. [ADD] |
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– The newsreel Bulgarian Deed shoots 33 reports from Macedonia. [ADD] |
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– Cinemas open in the towns of Struga, Kavadarci and Kochani. [ADD] |
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Mexico |
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– President Manuel Avila Camacho declares Mexico allies of the British and Americans, thereby earning Mexico the status of favoured nation. This ensures the country a continued supply of film stock unavailable to ostensibly neutral countries such as Spain and Argentina, who are considered to have ties with Nazi Germany. [ADD] |
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Mongolia |
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Yego zovut Sukhe-Bator, a Mongolian-Russian co-production, is released. The film, about the fearless Sukhe Bator, leader of the Mongolian people, stars Nikolai Cherkasov. [ADD] |
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– Manuel de Oliveira’s first full-length feature, Aniki-Bobo is released. [ADD] |
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Sweden |
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– The number of cinemas in Sweden has risen by one-third since 1930, while total seating capacity has increased by 50%. [ADD] |
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– An agreement is reached between the Swedish Cinema Owners Association and Swedish film producers to prevent Swedish films being released to cinemas opened without the Association’s approval. As a result, very few new cinemas are opened over the next thirteen years. [ADD] |
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USSR |
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Leningrad Takes Up Arms, compiled from footage taken by four cinematographers during the siege of Leningrad is released by Leningrad Studios. [ADD] |
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Other Key Films of 1942 |
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Greece |
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The Voice of the Heart (Dimitris Ioannopoulos) [ADD] |
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Hungary |
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Orségváltás (Changing of the Guards) (Viktor Bánky) [ADD] |
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Negyedíziglen (To the Fourth Generation) (Zoltán Farkas) [ADD] |
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Serbia and Montenegro |
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Nevinost bez zastite (Innocence Without Protection) (Dragoljub Aleksic) [ADD] |
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Spain |
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Raza (Jose Luis Saenz de Heredia) [ADD] |
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Thailand |
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Ban Rai Na Rao [ADD] |
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Songkram Keat Rang [ADD] |
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The History of Cinema: 1942 |
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| USA January - June | ||||
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