Language:
French
Year of publication:
1998
Titel der Quelle:
Yod; revue des études hébraïques et juives
Angaben zur Quelle:
4-5 (1998) 175-186
Keywords:
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), in motion pictures
;
Antisemitism History 1800-2000
;
Motion pictures
;
Jews in motion pictures
;
Motion pictures
;
Jews History 1933-1939
Abstract:
Discusses the image of the Jew in propaganda and fictional films in the 1930s in Germany, France, and the USA. The first antisemitic films of the Nazi regime were designed to warn the spectator of the danger of the assimilated Jew in German society. Contrasts this idea with French cinema, which was hostile to all foreign influences. The production of three French films, financed by the Catholic Church, was representative of the significance of theological anti-Judaism. Regards two major films of Jean Renoir, both philosemitic, as exceptions that proved the rule. During the Occupation, the image of the Jew disappeared from French cinema. Deplores the attitude of Hollywood producers, who, precisely due to their Jewish origins, refused to create anti-fascist films for fear of inciting a backlash to America's neutral stance. Concludes that these three countries, despite their ideological and political differences, contributed to the forging of images of the Jew in film which remain with us today.
Note:
Especially in France.
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