Selling Democracy

Films of the Marshall Plan

→ Berlinale program 2004: "Selling Democracy. Films of the Marshall Plan: 1947-1955"

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→ Berlinale program 2006: "Selling Democracy. Friendly Persuasion"

In Memoriam Albert Hemsing (1921-1997)
Supervisor of the Marshall Plan’s European Film Unit in Paris during the 1950s.

Project management:
Ulrike Kretzschmar (Director of Exhibitions Department)
Jörg Frieß (Head of Cinematheque and Zeughauskino)

Idea, concept and realization:
Jan Henselder

Consulting Films of the Marshall Plan:
Linda R. Christenson (Marshall Plan Filmography)

Project Consulting:
Prof. Dr. Oliver Grau (Donau Universität Krems)
Christian Berndt (kulturtechniker.de)
Dr. Harald Krämer (Zürcher Hochschule der Künste)

Authors:
Linda R. Christenson, (Marshall Plan Filmography)
Prof. Dr. Frank Mehring (Radboud University Nijmegen)
Dr. Rainer Rother (Deutsche Kinemathek – Museum für Film und Fernsehen)
Sandra Schulberg (sellingdemocracy.org)

Scientific assistant:
Fabian Tietke, Philipp Keidl

Technical support:
Magnus Heinz, Jan-Dirk Kluge, Mirko Kubein, Wolfgang Röhrig, Tarek Raphael Strauch, Chris Vogelsänger

Thanks to:
Wir danken der US-Botschaft Berlin/USIS und darüber hinaus Petra Adamer, Dr. Burkhard Asmuss, Eva-Margarethe Baumann, Ed Carter, Karl Griep, Kathi Gormasz, Annette Groschke, Jule Hass, Achim Heinrichs, Sandra Hüberli, Jens Jarmer, Elke Kimmel, Carsta Knaack, Martin Koerber, Karin Kühn, Sabine Krell, Olaf Mokansky, Janek Müller, Kerstin Neuroth, Jeanna Nikolov, Steffen Ramlow, Linda Söffker, Cathrin Schupke, Karsten Vogelpohl und Dr. Dieter Vorsteher.

The Films

200.000.000 Mouths

GB 1950-51, R: Julian Spiro, P: Ian Dalrymple Wessex Film Productions Ltd, London, for ECA/OSR

Air of Freedom

BRD 1951, P: ECA Western Germany and the U.S. High Commission for Germany (HICOG) and OSR

Aquila

IT 1950, R: Jacopo Erbi, P: Jacopo Erbi for ECA Italy

Aura – Strom aus dem Norden

NO 1950, R: Lauritz Falk, P: Per Borgerson for ECA Norway

City out of Darkness

BRD 1950, R: Max Diekhout, P: Merkurius Film, Berlin, for ECA Germany

Clearing The Lines

GB 1951, R: Kay Mander, P: Ian Dalrymple, Wessex Film Productions, Ltd, London, for ECA/OSR

Corinth Canal

GR 1950, R: John Ferno, P: John Ferno, Paris, for ECA Greece

The Council Of Europe

FR 1952, P: MSA Film Section, Paris, for MSA

E... comme Europe

FR 1952, R: Geza von Rádvanyi, P: DOC Films, Paris

Eine Rettungsgeschichte

FR 1948–50, R: Jaques Asseo, P: Les Gemeaux, Paris, sponsored by ECA/OSR

E.R.P. in Action, No. 2

FR 1950, P: ECA Film Unit in cooperation with Fox-Movietone News, Paris, for ECA/OSR

The Extraordinary Adventures Of A Quart Of Milk

FR 1951, R: Alain Pol, P: Tele-Radio-Cine, Paris, for ECA France

The Good Life

GB 1951, R: Humphrey Jennings und Graham Wallace, P: Ian Dalrymple Wessex Film Productions, Ltd, London, for ECA/OSR

Ich und Mr. Marshall

D 1949, R: Stuart Schulberg, P: OMGUS Film unter Leitung von Stuart Schulberg

Die Insel

NL 1950, R: John Ferno, P: Ferno Productions, Paris, for ECA Netherlands

The Invisible Link

FR 1950, R: Victor Vicas, P: Victor Vicas Films, Paris, for ECA Austria

The Jungle That Was

FR 1950, R: Roger Verdier, P: Andre Gillet, Cooperative Generale du Cinema Francais, Paris, for ECA France

Let's Be Childish!

FR 1950, R: George Freedland, P: George Freedland Productions, Paris für ECA Frankreich

Marketing

GB 1953, R: Pierre Long, P: Pierre Long, Son et Lumière Films, Paris, Film Centre Ltd, London, for MSA

The Marshall Plan At Work In Western Germany

GB 1950, R: James Hill, P: Jim Mellor Editorial Film Productions Ltd, London, for ECA/OSR

North Sea Harbour

FR 1951, P: MSA Film Section, Paris, for MSA Washington

One, Two, Three, No. 1

NL 1953, R: Nelo Risi, Kyndby Power Plant, Ove Sevel, Victor Vicas, P: Peter Baylis, Cinetone Studios, Amsterdam

Power For All

GB 1951, R: Graham Wallace und Anthony Squire, P: Wessex Film Productions Ltd, London, for ECA/OSR

Rückkehr in die Berge

FR 1950, R: John Fero, P: Ferno Productions, Paris, for ECA Greece

School for Colonels

US 1953, R: Julian Spiro, P: North Atlantic Treaty Organization by the Office of Information, U.S. (MSA/SRE)

Shoot the nets..!

NL 1951, R: Herman van der Horst, P: Herman van der Horst Haarlem, Netherlands, for ECA Netherlands

Silkmakers Of Como

IT um 1952, R: Ubaldo Magnaghi

Somewhere To Live

GB 1951, R: Jacques Brunius, P: Wessex Film Productions, Ltd, London, for ECA/OSR

The Story Of Koula

IT 1951, R: Stephen L. James, P: Vittorio Gallo Films, Rome, for ECA

Strength For The Free World

Series of TV documentaries for ABC-TV

Three Cities

FR 1952, P: MSA Film Section, Paris, for MSA Washington

Village Without Words

IT 1950, R: David Kurland, P: David Kurland Productions, Rome, for ECA Italy

Whitsun Holiday

GB 1953, R: Peter Baylis, P: MSA Film Unit, Paris

Your Eighty Dollars

FR 1952, P: MSA Film Section, Paris, for MSA Washington

Films of the Marshall Plan

The Team

The Films