Pre-war
1914
Outbreak of the war
1915
1916
1917
1918
End of the war
Post-war
Medium

The Mandarin, film still, A 1918

Production: Sascha-Filmfabrik. The film can be viewed at the viewing stations in the study centre of the Film Archive Austria.

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  • Chapter

    Serving the public – the film and cinema industry before and during the First World War

    The protests against the ‘dreadful state of the cinema’ by teachers, parents, clergy and theatre directors obliged the industry to close ranks. In 1908 the Reich Association of Cinematograph owners was founded, and the new trade magazines (Kinematographische Rundschau, Der Komet) saw themselves as the mouthpiece of the industry, making known its interests and providing information about new trends and developments. An important concern revived in 1916 was the demand for the standardization and centralization of censorship and the establishment of an appeals procedure against prohibitions.