EASTERN EUROPEAN CINEMA IN THE COMMUNIST
EASTERN EUROPEAN CINEMA IN THE COMMUNIST ERA
SS 314
Films can help us understand the complicated history of Communist Eastern Europe. These five films have distinct story lines, and provide a rare, inside look into a politically closed and oppressed world. They cover the struggle between Communists and Nationalists in immediate postwar Poland (“Ashes and Diamonds,” 1961); a coming of age story of a railway apprentice in Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia (“Knife in the Water,” Roman Polanski’s first feature film. This is a change from the movie listed in the printed catalog. The reason for the change is that the course is aimed at showing daily life during the Communist period. The Czech film dealt with Czechoslovakia during the Nazi occupation.); a biting satire on Communist bureaucracy (“Firemen’s Ball,” 1967); the sad tale of a novice nun in Poland discovering her Jewish heritage (“Ida,” 2013); and a forlorn love story in Stalinist Poland and other venues (“Cold War,” 2018).
Presenter and Developer: Timothy Deal
Tuesdays, December 3, 10; January 7, 14, 21
1:30 – 3:30 PM
Facilitators:
Wendy Macney 949-322-7383
wmacney@ymail.com
Sara Schoenfelder 949-854-7699
sara.schoenfelder@cox.net
5 Meetings
Fall 2019
Date | Day | Start Time | End Time | Building |
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Date12/3/2019 | DayTuesday | Start Time 1:30PM | End Time 3:30PM | BuildingThe Irvine Station |
Date12/10/2019 | DayTuesday | Start Time 1:30PM | End Time 3:30PM | BuildingThe Irvine Station |
Date1/7/2020 | DayTuesday | Start Time 1:30PM | End Time 3:30PM | BuildingThe Irvine Station |
Date1/14/2020 | DayTuesday | Start Time 1:30PM | End Time 3:30PM | BuildingThe Irvine Station |
Date1/21/2020 | DayTuesday | Start Time 1:30PM | End Time 3:30PM | BuildingThe Irvine Station |