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The History of Cinema: 1948

Malaysia - USSR

Malaysia

– P. Ramlee makes his film debut in Cinta (Love). [ADD]

Mexico

25/3 -

Ismael Rodriguez' Nosotros los pobres is released. [ADD]

27/3 -

John Ford’s The Fugitive is released in Mexico, the country in which it is set.   Based on Graham Greene’s novel The Power and the Glory, the film, which takes place during the rule of Francisco Madero, stars Henry Fonda, Dolores Del Rio and Pedro Armendariz. [ADD]

North Korea

– My Village, the first film from the new country arising from the division of Korea by occupying American and Russian forces, is released. [ADD]

Norway

– The Porsgrunn Film Society is founded. [ADD]

– Bygdekinoen (Government Travelling Cinema Service) is established to bring film to outlying regions of the country, especially in the North and West. [ADD]

– The Statens Filmsentral (National Film Board of Norway) is founded. [ADD]

Pakistan

Daud Chand’s Teri Yaad, the first Pakistani feature film, is released by Dewan Pictures.   It premieres at the Parbhat Theatre in Lahore. [ADD]

– Nazir Ahmed’s newsreel on the visit of Mohammad Ali Jinnah in East Bengal the first Governor General of Pakistan, in March is the first film of the newly-created East Pakistan. [ADD]

Poland

Ostatni etap, a film based on director Wanda Jabukowska’s own concentration camp experiences and partly filmed at Auschwitz, is released. [ADD]

Portugal

– Law 2 027 is enacted to finance domestic production.   Exhibitors are obliged to show domestic features one week out of every six.   However, the finance is inadequate, and exhibitors ignore the quota. [ADD]

Romania

All production, distribution and importation of films becomes a state monopoly. [ADD]

Decree 303, regarding the ‘nationalisation of the film industry and the regulation of commerce in cinematic products’ is signed. [ADD]

– Following the nationalisation of the film industry, three major film studios are established: one in Buftea, near Bucharest, for the production of features, one for documentaries, and a third for cartoons. [ADD]

Slovakia

– Palo Bielik’s Vlcie diery (Wolves Lairs), the first Slovakian feature film, is released. [ADD]

Sri Lanka

– The Government Film Unit (GFU) is established to produce newsreels and documentaries to enlighten the Sri Lankan population about their newly-gained independence. [ADD]

Sweden

– An unexpected increase in entertainment tax badly affects the country’s small cinemas.  [ADD]

Tanzania

– Local film production begins thanks to the British Colonial Film Unit. [ADD]

Turkey

– A change in municipality tax laws which reduces taxes on films made in Turkey to 25%, helps boost the domestic industry. [ADD] 

– The Domestic Film Producer’s Association holds the country’s first film festival.  Şakir Sırmalı's "Unutulan Sır" (Forgotten Secret) is the winning film. [ADD]

USSR

Director Sergei Eisenstein dies of a heart attack in Moscow at the age of 50. [ADD]

Other Key Films of 1948

Mexico

Los tres huastecos (Ismael Rodriguez) [ADD]

Ustedes los ricos (Ismael Rodriguez) [ADD]

Poland

Stalowe serca (Stanislaw Urbanowicz) [ADD]

Serbia

Besmrtna mladost (Immortal Youth) (Vojislav Nanovic) [ADD]

Sofka (Rados Novakovic) [ADD]

Zivot je nas (Life is Ours) (Gustav Gavrin) [ADD]

Slovenia

Na svoji zemlji (On Our Own Land) (France Stiglic) [ADD]

Spain

Locura de amor (Juan de Orduña) [ADD]

Syria

Al Sadaka al fazzah (Fierce Friendship) (Ayoub Badry) [ADD]

Uruguay

Así te deseo (Belisario García Villar) [ADD]

Esta tierra es mia (Joaquin Martinez Arboleya) [ADD]

Pupila al viento (Enrico Gras) [ADD]

Vietnam

Trận Mộc Hóa (Mộc Hóa Battle) [ADD]

The History of World Cinema: 1948