How Long to Read Continental Films

How Long Does it Take to Read Continental Films?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 40 minutes to read Continental Films by Christine Leteux

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

From 1940 to 1944, the German-owned Continental Films dominated the French film landscape, producing thirty features throughout the Nazi occupation. Charged with producing entertaining and profitable films rather than propaganda, producer Alfred Greven employed some of the greatest French actors and most prestigious directors of the time, including Maurice Tourneur, Henri Decoin, Henri-Georges Clouzot, and Marcel Carné. Using recently opened archival documents, including reams of testimony from the épuration (purification) hearings conducted shortly after the war, Christine Leteux has produced the most authoritative and complete history of the company and its impact on the French film industry—both during the war and after. She captures the wide range of responses to the firm from those who were eager to work for a company whose ideology matched their own, to others who reluctantly accepted contracts out of necessity, to those who abhorred the company but felt compelled to participate in order to protect family members from Nazi reprisals. She examines not only the formation and management of Continental Films but also the personalities involved, the fraught and often deadly political circumstances of the period, the critical reception of the films, and many of the more notorious and controversial events. As Bertrand Tavernier explains in his foreword, Leteux overturns many of the preconceptions and clichés that have come to be associated with Continental Films. Published to rave reviews in French and translated by the author into English, this work shatters expectations and will reinvigorate study of a lesser-known but significant period of French film history.

How long is Continental Films?

Continental Films by Christine Leteux is 275 pages long, and a total of 70,125 words.

This makes it 93% the length of the average book. It also has 86% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Continental Films Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 23 minutes to read Continental Films aloud.

What Reading Level is Continental Films?

Continental Films is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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