GDR Cinema on Swedish Television
This article studies the import of East German films by Swedish public service broadcaster Sveriges Radio, and their reception in the Swedish public sphere. While few GDR films reached theatrical distribution, Swedish television imported and broadcasted over 30 productions by the state-owned film st...
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Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision
2021-06-01
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| Series: | VIEW Journal of European Television History and Culture |
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| author | Emil Stjernholm |
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| description | This article studies the import of East German films by Swedish public service broadcaster Sveriges Radio, and their reception in the Swedish public sphere. While few GDR films reached theatrical distribution, Swedish television imported and broadcasted over 30 productions by the state-owned film studio DEFA during the 1970s and 1980s, making this the primary distribution window for East German film in Sweden. Relying on sources such as Sveriges Radio’s in-house correspondence and screening reports, the weekly Sveriges Radio magazine Voices in Radio/Television (Röster i Radio/TV) and the public service corporation’s annual reports, this study sheds light on the political, economic and ideological considerations involved in the cultural exchange between Sweden and the GDR. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-47f5288aea854fbca06e9427426077c72022-12-21T22:43:13ZengNetherlands Institute for Sound and VisionVIEW Journal of European Television History and Culture2213-09692021-06-0110194110.18146/view.259GDR Cinema on Swedish TelevisionEmil StjernholmThis article studies the import of East German films by Swedish public service broadcaster Sveriges Radio, and their reception in the Swedish public sphere. While few GDR films reached theatrical distribution, Swedish television imported and broadcasted over 30 productions by the state-owned film studio DEFA during the 1970s and 1980s, making this the primary distribution window for East German film in Sweden. Relying on sources such as Sveriges Radio’s in-house correspondence and screening reports, the weekly Sveriges Radio magazine Voices in Radio/Television (Röster i Radio/TV) and the public service corporation’s annual reports, this study sheds light on the political, economic and ideological considerations involved in the cultural exchange between Sweden and the GDR.https://www.viewjournal.eu/article/10.18146/view.259/ |
| spellingShingle | Emil Stjernholm GDR Cinema on Swedish Television VIEW Journal of European Television History and Culture |
| title | GDR Cinema on Swedish Television |
| title_full | GDR Cinema on Swedish Television |
| title_fullStr | GDR Cinema on Swedish Television |
| title_full_unstemmed | GDR Cinema on Swedish Television |
| title_short | GDR Cinema on Swedish Television |
| title_sort | gdr cinema on swedish television |
| url | https://www.viewjournal.eu/article/10.18146/view.259/ |
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