Film and Politics in Luxembourg: Censorship and Controversy

In dealing with political censorship over the years in Luxembourg, Lesch demonstrates that film can engender a backlash response even in the smallest and most homogenous of countries. People can learn a great deal about the vagaries and impact of censorship, whether it is practiced in various forms...

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Published inFilm history (New York, N.Y.) Vol. 16; no. 4; pp. 437 - 446
Main Authors Lesch, Paul, Dury, Christine
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Sydney Indiana University Press and John Libbey Publishing 01.10.2004
Indiana University Press
Subjects
Censorship
Communism
Film criticism
History
Laws, regulations and rules
Motion picture industry
Motion pictures
Movies
Nazism
Political censorship
Political protests
Politics
Politics in motion pictures
Propaganda
Remarque, Erich Maria (1898-1970)
Soldiers
War
Whale, James
Luxembourg
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Summary:In dealing with political censorship over the years in Luxembourg, Lesch demonstrates that film can engender a backlash response even in the smallest and most homogenous of countries. People can learn a great deal about the vagaries and impact of censorship, whether it is practiced in various forms of film production during World War II United States, or in a tiny country whose box office may not really be all that important, but whose reactions cannot be ignored.
ISSN:0892-2160
1553-3905
DOI:10.2979/FIL.2004.16.4.437