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The History of Cinema: 1944 |
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Argentina - Italy |
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Argentina |
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– Increasing State intervention in the film industry eventually results in censorship, blacklists, and favouritism with regard to the distribution of raw film stock. [ADD] |
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Belgium |
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Following the liberation of Belgium, creators of the ADTCB (Association des Directeurs de Théâtres Cinématographiques de Belgique), hold a general assembly in Brussels and draw up new practical and economic plans to organise exhibitors. [ADD] |
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Botswana |
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– South African Graham Young is paid Ł50 per month to tour the country making films to entertain troops. [ADD] |
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Chile |
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– Un romance de medio siglo, the first film from Chile Films, is released. [ADD] |
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Croatia |
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– Oktavijan Miletic’s Lisinski, a biography of the 19th Century composer, is Croatia’s first feature-length talkie. [ADD] |
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Germany |
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– Despite the ravages of war, the country’s film industry manages to produce 75 feature films in 1944, and cinema admissions exceed one billion. [ADD] |
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Greece |
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– Hirokrotimata (Applause), the debut of director Yorgos Javellas, is released. [ADD] |
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Hungary |
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– Film production in the country stops entirely in the second half of the year because of the war. [ADD] |
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India |
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Dadasaheb Phalke, regarded as the father of Indian cinema dies in Nasik, Maharashtra at the age of 74. Largely forgotten due to changing tastes in films, his last production, Gangavataran, was released in 1937. [ADD] |
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Italy |
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Following the liberation of Rome, Roberto Rossellini begins filming Roma Cittŕ Aperta (Rome, Open City), with Aldo Fabrizi and Anna Magnani. [ADD] |
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Partisans free Luchino Visconti from a prison in San Gregorio where he was held for acts of resistance by the fascist regime. [ADD] |
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Other Key Films of 1944 |
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Argentina |
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Su major alumno (Lucas Demare) [ADD] |
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Armenia |
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David Bek (Amo Bek-Nazaryan) [ADD] |
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Canada |
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Chile |
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Hollywood es así [ADD] |
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Colombia |
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Anarkos (Roberto Saa Silva) [ADD] |
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Antonia Santos (Miguel Joseph) [ADD] |
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Bambucos y corazones (Gabriel Martinez) [ADD] |
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Castigo del fanfarron (Maximo Calvo Olvedo) [ADD] |
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Denmark |
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Mordets Melodi (Bodil Ipsen) [ADD] |
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Besćttelse (Bodil Ipsen) [ADD] |
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Otte Akkorder (Johan Jacobsen) [ADD] |
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Greece |
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Attik (Giorgos Tzavellas) [ADD] |
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Hungary |
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Egy nap a világ (One Day is the World) (Johann von Vasary) [ADD] |
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Egy gép nem tért vissza (Ágoston Pacséry) [ADD] |
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Ez történt Budapesten (Ákos D. Hamza) [ADD] |
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Viharbrigád (István Lázár Jr) [ADD] |
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India |
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Jwar Bhata [ADD] |
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The History of Cinema: 1944 |
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