European Cinema is the first book to provide overviews of key movements in European film history, from the inception of the medium in 1895 to the present.
This text includes accessible introductions to traditions as diverse as early Soviet cinema, German Expressionism, Surrealism, Italian Neoralism, the French New Wave, Ealing Comedy, East-Central European cinema, Contemporary Spanish cinema, and much more.
Top international scholars specially commissioned for this volume examine artistic developments in their industrial and more broadly historical context.
The book is divided chronologically into three sections, making it ideal for use in university film courses, and includes an invaluable glossary (comprising historical and foreign-language terms as well as technical terminology).

• A broad historical scope: spans from beginnings of cinema in 1895 to the present, from the Lumière Brothers to Pedro Almodóvar.
• Provides overviews of key movements and traditions in film history, combining artistic analysis with considerable attention to industrial (and more broadly historical) context
• Includes Glossary of film terms that comprises foreign-language and historical entries as well as technical terminology
• Authoritative information and analysis provided by an international team of experts who are at the top of their fields
• Truly outstanding line-up of contributors from the US, UK and Europe including: Dudley Andrew (French Cinema of the 1930s); Anton Kaes (Weimar Cinema): Sarah Street (British Cinema); Peter Bondanella (Itlalian Neo-Realism); Thomas Elsaesser (New German Cinema)

New to this edition

• (Itlalian Neo-Realism); Thomas Elsaesser (New German Cinema)

Edited by Elizabeth Ezra, Senior Lecturer in the School of Modern Languages and Cultures, University of Stirling

Contributors:
Alison McMahan, Vassar College
Denise Youngblood, University of Vermont
Anton Kaes, University of California Berkeley
Rudolf Kuenzli, University of Iowa
Dudley Andrew, Yale University
Peter Bondanella, Indiana University
Peter Schepelern, University of Copenhagen
T. Jefferson Kline, University of Boston
Sarah Street, University of Bristol
Thomas Elsaesser, University of Amsterdam
Sue Harris, Queen Mary, University of London
Gaetana Marrone, Princeton University
Peter William Evans, Queen Mary, University of London
Paul Coates, University of Aberdeen
Martine Beugnet, University of Edinburgh
John Orr, University of Edinburgh