It Seems to Me that the Most Popular Films in the West Are Very Harmful to Us’: Film Popularity in Poland During the years of ‘High Stalinisation

Konrad Klejsa () and John Sedgwick ()
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Konrad Klejsa: Oxford Brookes University
John Sedgwick: University of Lodz

A chapter in Towards a Comparative Economic History of Cinema, 1930–1970, 2022, pp 307-338 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract From a combination of archive materials, official statistics and programming data, this chapter examines the Polish film market during the years of ‘High Stalinism’. We learn about the importance of cinema to Communist rule and the primacy of cultural links to the Soviet Union. For the authorities, filmgoing was an act of solidarity and ideological education. However, the shortage of new film releases in general and the small scale of the domestic film industry caused the authorities to import films from Western Europe, and these proved to be very popular with audiences. A POPSTAT analysis of Cracow and the proximate new industrial city of Nowa Huta shows familiar popularity, distribution and exhibition patterns. Some films popular with audiences are discussed.

Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-05770-0_11

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