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Germany
（Directory of world cinema, v. 9,
Intellect, 2012-
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Includes bibliographical references and filmographies
Description and Table of Contents
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[1] ISBN 9781841504650
Description
From bleak Expressionist works to the edgy political cinema of the New German Cinema and the feel-good Heimat films of the postwar era, Directory of World Cinema: Germany aims to offer a wider film and cultural context for the films that have emerged from Germany - including some of the East German films recently made available to Western audiences for the first time. With contributions by leading academics and emerging scholars in the field, this volume explores the key directors, themes and periods in German film history, and demonstrates how genres have been adapted over time to fit historical circumstances. Rounding out this addition to the Directory of World Cinema series are fifty full-colour stills, numerous reviews and recommendations and a comprehensive filmography.
Table of Contents
Introduction: German Cinema and the Vicissitudes of History
Film Pioneers
The Films of the Skladanowsky Brothers
Arnold Fanck (1889-1974)
Then and Now: Berlin Symphony, 1927/2002
Festival Focus
The Berlinale: Berlin International Film Festival
Scoring Cinema
The Music Films of Straub/Huillet
Fantastic Film
Adventure Film
Der Heimatfilm
Comedy
Foreigners and Guest-workers
Queer German Cinema
Vergangenheitsbewaltigung
Rubble Film
War Film
Historical Drama
Political Drama
The Berlin Wall
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2 ISBN 9781841507385
Description
Building on the material presented in the first instalment of the Directory of World Cinema: Germany, this volume explores a range of compelling and sometimes surprising German films. Included here is an in-depth treatment of the sport film that identifies a close interrelationship between sport, commerce, cinema and politics from the 1920s to the present day. This is complemented by a focus on film adaptations of several German literary classics and the treatment of history as a cinematic spectacle in costume dramas. Also featured are some lesser-studied genres, including musicals, crime films, experimental films and westerns, along with several of the so-called 'Eastern Westerns' produced in East Germany during the Cold War. Rounding out the volume are essays on key directors, including Fritz Lang and Rainer Werner Fassbinder, and overviews of German film festivals.
Directory of World Cinema: Germany 2 attests to the crucial importance played by genre films in the German film industry to shape and reshape a sense of national identity throughout a tumultuous twentieth century.
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