German Cinema in Brazil in the 1920s and 1930s: Paths of a Foreign Cultural Policy

Abstract

This article aims to analyse the path of the German foreign cultural policy in relation to cinema in Brazil –which began in the 1920s and was interrupted in the early years of the Second World War–, linking the development of political and diplomatic relations and the activities of the agents of this cultural policy, such as the Ufa (Universum Film AG) and German government agencies.

Keywords

• Foreign Cultural Policy
• German Cinema
• Brazil
• Germany
• 20th Century