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Loveliest City in Europe, The (c. 1920)
 

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35mm, 821 feet, black & white, silent
 
Production CompanyCommunity Service

The city of Dresden and the surrounding landscape along the River Elbe in the region of Saxon Switzerland.

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This film about Dresden is typical of the style and tone of travelogues in this period, capturing the key highlights and visitor destinations of the city. What makes it stand out is the dramatic beauty of the city and the surrounding landscapes. Filmed shortly after the end of World War I, the film is clearly a public relations exercise for Dresden and for Germany, a country understandably keen to reinvigorate its tourist industry. What makes the film all the more poignant today is the knowledge that the majority of the architecture shown in the film was destroyed by the controversial Allied bombing campaign in World War II.

Jez Stewart

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SEE ALSO
Divided City, The (1959)
Travelogues