Cinema Europe: The Other Hollywood

Miniseries

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.

Where to Watch Cinema Europe: The Other Hollywood • Miniseries

6 Episodes

Where It All Began
E1
Where It All BeganHighlighting 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.
Art's Promised Land
E2
Art's Promised LandIncluding Ingeborg Holm by Victor Sjostrom and Greta Garbo's star-making performance opposite Lars Hanson in Gosta Berling's Saga. Directed by Michael Winterbottom.
The Unchained Camera
E3
The Unchained CameraFeaturing 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.
The Music of Light
E4
The Music of LightHighlighting Abel Gance's masterpiece, Napoleon.
Opportunity Lost
E5
Opportunity LostExploring the early career of Alfred Hitchcock.
End of an Era
E6
End of an EraFocusing on the arrival of sound films, The Jazz Singer and the onslaught of World War II.