German National Cinema

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German National Cinema is the first comprehensive history of German film from its origins to the present. In this new edition, Sabine Hake discusses film-making in economic, political, social, and cultural terms, and considers the contribution of Germany's most popular films to changing definitions of genre, authorship, and film form. The book traces the central role of cinema in the nation's turbulent history from the Wilhelmine Empire to the Berlin Republic, with special attention paid to the…

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Full title :German National Cinema.

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Edition Statements

Publication Date:2013.
Edition:2nd ed

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Taylor and Francis
Place of Publication:Hoboken
Language:eng
Publication Date:2013.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (287 pages)

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781136020469, 1136020462
oclc:ocn829461889
LC Classification:PN1993.5.G3 H28 2013
Dewey Decimal:791.430943

Front Cover; German National Cinema; Copyright Page; Contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Wilhelmine cinema 1895-1919; Cinema: a new technology, industry, and mass medium; Elements of a national cinema: stars, genres, directors; German cinema and the First World War; 2. Weimar cinema 1919-33; Weimar cinema as art cinema; Weimar cinema as popular cinema; Film, politics, and the coming of sound; 3. Third Reich cinema 1933-45; The restructuring of the film industry; Third Reich cinema as political cinema; Third Reich cinema as popular cinema.

4. Postwar cinema 1945-61The reconstruction of the film industry; Rewriting history, forging new identities; The politicisation of cinema in the East; The depoliticisation of cinema in the West; 5. East German cinema 1961-90; The New Waves and the Eleventh Plenary; The 1970s: the discovery of everyday life; The 1980s: the decline of cinema as a public sphere; 6. West German cinema 1962-90; The Oberhausen Manifesto and the Young German Cinema; The 1970s: the emergence of New German Cinema; The 1980s: crises and transformations; 7. Post-unification cinema 1990-2007.

Film-making in the new Germany and a unified Euro…

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Cinéma -- Histoire. -- Allemagne Cinéma -- Industrie -- Allemagne Deutschland Film Germany History Motion picture industry Motion picture industry -- History. -- … Motion pictures Motion pictures -- History. -- Germany