Film Exhibition, Distribution and Popularity in German-Occupied Belgium (1940–1944): Brussels, Antwerp and Liege

Roel Vande Winkel () and John Sedgwick ()
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Roel Vande Winkel: KU Leuven and LUCA School of Arts
John Sedgwick: Oxford Brookes University

A chapter in Towards a Comparative Economic History of Cinema, 1930–1970, 2022, pp 217-247 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract This chapter investigates filmgoing and distribution in urban Belgium during the German occupation (1940–1944). It is based on all films screened in Brussels, Antwerp and Liege between 1 January 1941 and 31 December 1943—each city representing contrasting cultural and linguistic traditions. The research finds a clear cultural divide between film screenings in Flanders and Wallonia. The differences between the POPSTAT top 20 lists of the three cities are remarkable, particularly between Brussels-Antwerp and Liege-Antwerp. While subject to many edicts, filmgoing remained an essential activity for the Belgian people, irrespective of where they lived. The longevity of films in circulation represents a difference between the pre-and post-war system of distribution, occasioned by supply shortages. Films were required to work harder.

Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-05770-0_8

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