The Story of Film: An Odyssey S1E3 — The Golden Age of World Cinema

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The Story of Film: An Odyssey•Season 1•Episode 3

The Golden Age of World Cinema

8.1/10 · 301 votesSep 17, 201163 min

Ranked #2 of 15 in Season 1•+0.2 vs season avg

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The 1920s were a golden age for world cinema. The programme visits Paris, Berlin, Moscow, Shanghai and Tokyo to explore the places where movie makers were pushing the boundaries of the medium. German expressionism, Soviet montage and French impressionism and surrealism were passionate new film

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Season 1 Episodes15

E1 8.1

Birth of the Cinema

E2 8.0

The Hollywood Dream

E3 8.1Now viewing

The Golden Age of World Cinema

The Arrival of Sound

Post-War Cinema

Sex & Melodrama

European New Wave

New Directors, New Form

E9 8.0

American Cinema of the 70s

E10 7.7

Movies to Change the World

E11 7.8

The Arrival of Multiplexes and Asian Mainstream

E12 7.8

Fight the Power: Protest in Film

E13 7.9

New Boundaries: World Cinema in Africa, Asia & Latin America

E14 7.9

New American Independents & The Digital Revolution

E15 7.9

Cinema Today and the Future

Cast2

Mark Cousins

Presenter / Narrator

Mario Cordova

Narrator

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Episode Summary

"The Golden Age of World Cinema" is episode 3 of The Story of Film: An Odyssey season 1. It scored 8.1/10 from 301 votes, ranking #2 of 15 episodes this season (season average 7.9). It aired on September 17, 2011.

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