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PublisherHackett Publishing Company, Incorporated

ISBN-101585108561

ISBN-139781585108565

eBay Product ID (ePID)239984873

Product Key Features

Number of Pages376 Pages

Publication NameGerman Culture Through Film : an Introduction to German Cinema

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2017

SubjectFilm / General, Europe / Germany, Film / History & Criticism

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaPerforming Arts, History

AuthorReinhard Zachau, Robert C. Reimer

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.3 in

Item Weight23.8 Oz

Item Length10 in

Item Width7 in

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Edition Number2

Intended AudienceCollege Audience

LCCN2017-003853

Dewey Edition23

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal791.430943

Table Of ContentChapter I. Weimar Film 1919--1933 Introduction Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari (Robert Wiene, 1920) Nosferatu (F. W. Murnau, 1922) Metropolis (Fritz Lang, 1927) Berlin: die Sinfonie der Großstadt (Walter Ruttmann, 1927) Chapter II. Weimar Sound Film 1929--1933 Introduction Der blaue Engel (Josef von Sternberg, 1930) M (Fritz Lang, 1931) Chapter III. Nazi Film 1933--1945 Introduction Triumph des Willens (Leni Riefenstahl, 1935) Olympia (Leni Riefenstahl, 1938) Münchhausen (Josef von Báky, 1943) Chapter IV. Postwar Film 1945--1949 Introduction Die Mörder sind unter uns (Wolfgang Staudte, 1946) Chapter V. East German Film 1949--1989 Introduction Berlin: Ecke Schönhauser (Gerhard Klein, 1957) Die Legende von Paul und Paula (Heiner Carow, 1973) Chapter VI. West German Film 1950--1989 Introduction Die Brücke (Bernhard Wicki, 1959) Aguirre: Der Zorn Gottes (Werner Herzog, 1972) Angst essen Seele auf (Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1974) Die Ehe der Maria Braun (Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1979) Deutschland bleiche Mutter (Helma Sanders-Brahms, 1980) Die Blechtrommel (Volker Schlöndorff, 1979) Die bleierne Zeit (Margarethe von Trotta, 1981) Das Boot (Wolfgang Petersen, 1981) Der Himmel über Berlin (Wim Wenders, 1987) Chapter VII. German Film after 1989 Introduction Stilles Land (Andreas Dresen, 1992) Lola rennt (Tom Tykwer, 1998) Nirgendwo in Afrika (Caroline Link, 2001) Good Bye Lenin! (Wolfgang Becker, 2003) Der Untergang (Oliver Hirschbiegel, 2004) Sophie Scholl: Die letzten Tage (Marc Rothemund, 2005) Das Leben der Anderen (Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, 2006) Auf der anderen Seite (Fatih Akin, 2007) Die Fälscher (Stefan Ruzowitzky, 2007) Der Baader Meinhof Komplex (Bernd Eichinger, 2008) Barbara (Christian Petzold, 2012) Oh Boy (Jan Ole Gerster, 2012)

SynopsisIn its second edition, German Culture through Film expands on the first edition, providing additional chapters with context for understanding the era in which the featured films were produced. Thirty-three notable German films are arranged in seven chronological chapters, spanning key moments in German film history, from the silent era to the present. Each chapter begins with an introduction that focuses on the history and culture surrounding films of the relevant period. Sections within chapters are each devoted to one particular film, providing film credits, a summary of the story, background information, an evaluation, questions and activities to encourage diverse interpretations, a list of related films, and bibliographical information on the films discussed., German Culture through Film: An Introduction to German Cinema is an English-language text that serves equally well in courses on modern German film, in courses on general film studies, in courses that incorporate film as a way to study culture, and as an engaging resource for scholars, students, and devotees of cinema and film history. In its second edition, German Culture through Film expands on the first edition, providing additional chapters with context for understanding the era in which the featured films were produced. Thirty-three notable German films are arranged in seven chronological chapters, spanning key moments in German film history, from the silent era to the present. Each chapter begins with an introduction that focuses on the history and culture surrounding films of the relevant period. Sections within chapters are each devoted to one particular film, providing film credits, a summary of the story, background information, an evaluation, questions and activities to encourage diverse interpretations, a list of related films, and bibliographical information on the films discussed.

LC Classification NumberPN1993.5.G3R415 2017