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Subject(s)

• Motion pictures—Germany—History—20th century [Browse]
• Motion pictures—Germany—History—21st century [Browse]

Series

Studies in German literature, linguistics, and culture [More in this series]

Summary note

From early masterpieces such as The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) and Metropolis (1927) to the post-1945 films of Fassbinder, Herzog, and Wenders, German film constitutes a crucial part of the history of world cinema ... This popular book, now in a revised and expanded second edition, offers the most readable comprehensive overview of German film history from the beginnings to the present"--Page 4 of cover.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Introduction : critical film history and German studies
• Early German film history 1895-1918
• Weimar cinema 1919-1933
• Nazi cinema 1933-1945
• German cinema at the zero hour 1945-1949
• Postwar East German cinema 1949-1989
• Postwar West German cinema 1949-1989
• German film after reunification 1990-2010.

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ISBN

• 1571133267
• 9781571133267

OCLC

1198988250

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