The haunted screen : expressionism in the German cinema and the influence of Max Reinhardt

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The haunted screen : expressionism in the German cinema and the influence of Max Reinhardt

by Lotte H. Eisner

University of California Press, 2008

2nd pbk. ed

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 346-347) and index

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Description

The golden age of German cinema began at the end of the First World War and ended shortly after the coming of sound. From "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari" onwards the principal films of this period were characterized by two influences: literary Expressionism and the innovations of the theater directors of this period, in particular Max Reinhardt. This book demonstrates the connection between German Romanticism and the cinema through Expressionist writings.

Table of Contents

  • Foreword to the English language edition 1 The Predisposition towards Expressionism 2 The Beginnings of the Expressionist Film The Cabinet of Dr Caligari
  • Genuine
  • Von Morgens bis Mitternachts
  • Torgus
  • Raskolnikow 3 The Spell of Light: the Influence of Max Reinhardt The Student of Prague (1913)
  • Max Reinhardt
  • The Go/em (1920)
  • Die Chronik Pon Grieshuus
  • Vanina
  • Carl Boese on the special effects for The Go/em 4 Lubitsch and the Costume Film !vfadame Dubarry
  • Sumurun
  • Anna Boleyn
  • Danton
  • Othello
  • Pola Negri 5 The Stylized Fantastic Der Miide Tod 6 The Symphonies of Horror Nosferatu
  • the demoniac bourgeois
  • the sway of the Doppelgiinger 7 'Decorative* Expressionism Waxworks
  • the concept of space
  • the obsession with corridors and staircases
  • Paul Leni on set designing 8 The World of Shadows and Mirrors Warning Shadows
  • the Expressionist actor 9 Studio Architecture and Landscape Die Nibelungen
  • geometric grouping 10 The Expressionist Debut of a 'Realistic' Director Der Schatz 11 Kammerspielfilm and Stimmung Hintertreppe
  • Scherben
  • Sylvester
  • Paul Czinner
  • Elisabeth Bergner
  • Stimmung 12 Murnau and the Kammerspielfilm The Last Laugh
  • the mobile camera 13 The Handling of Crowds Metropolis
  • the influence of the Expressionist choruses and Piscator 14 The Fritz Lang Thriller Die Spinnen
  • Dr Mabuse der Spieler
  • Spione
  • Die Frau im Mond 15 Tragedies of the Street Die Strasse
  • The joyless Street
  • Asta Nielsen
  • Dirnentragiidie
  • the Absolute film
  • Asphalt 16 The Evolution of the Costume Film Tartuffe 17 The Eye of the Camera in E.A. Dupont Das Alte Gesetz
  • Variety 18 The Climax of the Chiaroscuro Faust 19 Pabst and the Miracle of Louise Brooks Pandora's Box
  • Diary of a Lost Girl
  • Censorship and Pabst's realism 20 The Decline of the German Film The coming of sound
  • Die Dreigroschenoper
  • M
  • Das Testament des Dr Mabuse
  • Miidchen in Uniform
  • the Ufa style
  • Leni Riefenstahl
  • the post-Nazi era Appendix: The Dreigroschenoper Lawsuit Principal Works Mentioned in the Text Selective Filmography, 1913-33 Index Sources of Illustrations

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  • NCID
    BC01896429
  • ISBN
    • 9780520257900
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Original Language Code
    fre
  • Place of Publication
    Berkeley
  • Pages/Volumes
    360 p.
  • Size
    21 cm
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