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Movies in the Roaring Twenties: Hollywood became a glittering entertainment industry with star directors like Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton. But the gloss and fantasy was challenged by movie makers like Robert Flaherty, Eric Von Stroheim and Carl Theodor Dreyer, who wanted films to be more serious and mature. This was a battle for the soul of cinema. The result: some of the greatest movies ever made.
Episodes
EP 1
Birth of the Cinema
2011-09-03
EP 2
The Hollywood Dream
2011-09-10
EP 3
The Golden Age of World Cinema
2011-09-17
EP 4
The Arrival of Sound
2011-09-24
EP 5
Post-War Cinema
2011-10-01
EP 6
Sex & Melodrama
2011-10-08
EP 7
European New Wave
2011-10-15
EP 8
New Directors, New Form
2011-10-22
EP 9
American Cinema of the 70s
2011-10-29
EP 10
Movies to Change the World
2011-11-05
EP 11
The Arrival of Multiplexes and Asian Mainstream
2011-11-12
EP 12
Fight the Power: Protest in Film
2011-11-19
EP 13
New Boundaries: World Cinema in Africa, Asia & Latin America
2011-11-26
EP 14
New American Independents & The Digital Revolution
2011-12-03
EP 15
Cinema Today and the Future
2011-12-10
Voice Cast
Mark CousinsPresenter / NarratorVoice Actor
Mario CordovaNarratoreVoice Actor
Trailers & Extra Content
THE STORY OF FILM - Mark Cousins (Trailer)
The Story of Film: An Odyssey Trailer
