Film front Weimar : representations of the First World War in German films of the Weimar period (1919-1933) / Bernadette Kester ; [translated by Hans Veenkamp]

Publication | Library Call Number: D522.23 .K4713 2003

Uniform Title: Filmfront Weimar. English
Series: Film culture in transition
Film culture in transition.
Format: Book
Author/Creator: Kester, Bernadette, 1959-
Published: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, c2003
Includes bibliographical reference (p. 306-317) and indexes
Filmography: p. [291]-301
Language: English

Physical Description: 329 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Introduction
Chapter 1: 'Lehrreich und amüsant' - Historical films in the period 1896-1933
Chapter 2: 'Die Legende von der Unschuld' - Films about the run-up to the war, especially 1914. Die letzten Tage vor dem Weltbrand
Chapter 3: 'Das Dokumentarische gewinnt die Oberhand' - Archival footage and constructions in war films
Chapter 4: 'Wenn wir Helden wären, wären wir schon längst daheim' - Realism and anti-war tendencies in four films
Chapter 5: 'Auf dem Meere, da ist der Mann noch etwas wert' - Films about the German navy during the First World War
Chapter 6: 'Neid, Leid, Tränen - das ist der Krieg' - Gender and war films
Epilogue.
ISBN: 9053565981
9053565973 (pbk.)
Notes: Includes bibliographical reference (p. 306-317) and indexes.

Filmography: p. [291]-301.
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918--Motion pictures and the war.
Motion pictures--Germany--History--20th century.
World War, 1914-1918--Propaganda.
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