S01E01 Where It All Began
Highlighting the world's first public presentation of films in Paris, the comedies by Max Linder, Abel Gance's J'Accuse and the onset of World War I.
Cinema Europe: The Other Hollywood
S01E06: End of an Era
Focusing on the arrival of sound films, The Jazz Singer and the onslaught of World War II.
Overview
The origin of European cinema, from its infancy as a novelty created by French inventors Auguste and Louis Lumière to its flourishing as the pinnacle of film-making in the silent era and as a serious commercial contender against America.
Episodes
S01E02 Art's Promised Land
Including Ingeborg Holm by Victor Sjostrom and Greta Garbo's star-making performance opposite Lars Hanson in Gosta Berling's Saga. Directed by Michael Winterbottom.
S01E03 The Unchained Camera
Featuring The Battleship Potemkin by Sergei Eisenstein, Metropolis by Fritz Lang, Joyless Street starring Greta Garbo, The White Hell of Pitz Palu featuring Leni Riefenstahl and Louise Brooks becomes a star in Pandora's Box.
S01E06 End of an Era
Focusing on the arrival of sound films, The Jazz Singer and the onslaught of World War II.
Cast
Kenneth Branagh
