Author and film historian Charles Ford lived in Poland and France and taught film history in France, Canada, and Spain. He died in Paris in 1989. The late Robert Hammond, was an author and film historian who taught cinema history in many institutions including Cornell and Harvard. He lived in Paris.

“hugely informative”—Senses of Cinema.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgments      Preface      Introduction      I. The Silent1. Filmmakers Without a Country      2. Theories and Experiments      3. Poland on the World Scene, 1920–1930      II. Poland Speaks: Sound Films, 1930–19404. Adjustment to Sound      5. Films and Their Makers      III. World War II and the Postwar Years6. The War      7. New Times, New Ideas      8. Postwar Directors      IV. Renaissance9. The Backdrop, 1968–1980      10. Unfulfilled Promises      11. Three Directors of Note      12. The Comet and the Sun      13. Totalitarian Nightmare, 1981–1985      14. Cut! Dissolve to Fade-Out      Filmography by Grazyna Kudy      Appendix 1:Notes on Title Translations      Appendix 2: The Albany Catalogue: Polish Films Passed Through the New York State Department of Education, 1921–1965      Chapter Notes      Bibliography      Index

Author and film historian Charles Ford lived in Poland and France and taught film history in France, Canada, and Spain. He died in Paris in 1989. The late Robert Hammond, was an author and film historian who taught cinema history in many institutions including Cornell and Harvard. He lived in Paris.

“hugely informative”—Senses of Cinema.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgments      Preface      Introduction      I. The Silent1. Filmmakers Without a Country      2. Theories and Experiments      3. Poland on the World Scene, 1920–1930      II. Poland Speaks: Sound Films, 1930–19404. Adjustment to Sound      5. Films and Their Makers      III. World War II and the Postwar Years6. The War      7. New Times, New Ideas      8. Postwar Directors      IV. Renaissance9. The Backdrop, 1968–1980      10. Unfulfilled Promises      11. Three Directors of Note      12. The Comet and the Sun      13. Totalitarian Nightmare, 1981–1985      14. Cut! Dissolve to Fade-Out      Filmography by Grazyna Kudy      Appendix 1:Notes on Title Translations      Appendix 2: The Albany Catalogue: Polish Films Passed Through the New York State Department of Education, 1921–1965      Chapter Notes      Bibliography      Index