Swedish Cinema - Peter Cowie - 1966

"The Swedish cinema has enjoyed two great periods of achievement: the years between 1914 and 1921 when Sjostrom and Stiller predominated over their European rivals; and the past decade, when the genius of Ingmar Bergman has taken the art of the film to such astonishing heights. But there have been many other significant directors, some of whom are still unknown outside Scandinavia, and their work represents a peculiar homogeneity of style and approach to life... It is intriguing that Swedish cinema should be so passionate and so violent, when the society that has reared it has developed with such a smooth passage into the leading welfare state in Europe..." Swedish Cinema - Peter Cowie - Published 1966, The Tantivy Press/ A. Zwemmer Limited, New York Softcover. Approx. 5.5x6.5in. 224pp. In good shape for the vintage.