1. Images of history: postwar German films and the Third Reich -- 2. Germany as myth: Hans Jürgen Syberberg's Hitler, a film from Germany -- 3. The presence of the past: Rainer Werner Fassbinder's The marriage of Maria Braun -- 4. In search of Germany: Alexander Kluge's The patriot -- 5. Our childhoods, ourselves: Helma Sanders-Brahms's Germany, pale mother -- 6. Germany as memory: Edgar Reitz's Heimat -- 7. Epilogue: History, memory, and film
Analysis
Cinema Films (Motion pictures) History
Germany
German cinema films history
Notes
Includes index
Rev. and enl. translation of: Deutschlandbilder
Bibliography: p. [201]-212
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages [201]-212)