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Italian film company
Ente Nazionale Industrie Cinematografiche
(
ENIC
) was an Italian
film production
and
distribution
entity that operated between 1935 and 1956.
It was formed in 1935, taking over the former organisation of
Stefano Pittaluga
and his
Cines
company.
[1]
Supported by the
Fascist
regime, the company began to acquire
cinemas
, the company's holdings rising from 29 in 1935 to 94 in 1941. A major inspiration behind the company was the government's support of the growing Italian film industry. Consequently, in 1938, ENIC was given a
monopoly
over foreign films distributed in Italy.
[2]
[3]
In response the
Hollywood
studios withdrew from the Italian market.
[4]
This led to a major expansion in Italian film production in the following years.
[5]
References
[
edit
]
- ^
Bondanella p.21
- ^
Reich & Garofalo p.12
- ^
Bondanella p.52
- ^
Reeves p.213
- ^
Forgacs & Gundle p.207
Bibliography
[
edit
]
- Bondanella, Peter.
A History of Italian Cinema
. A&C Black, 2009
- Forgacs, David & Gundle Stephen.
Mass Culture and Italian Society from Fascism to the Cold War
. Indiana University Press, 2007.
- Reeves, Nicholas.
Power of Film Propaganda
. A&C Black, 2004.
- Reich, Jacqueline & Garofalo, Piero.
Re-viewing Fascism: Italian Cinema, 1922-1943
. Indiana University Press, 2002.