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Author Kester, Bernadette

Title Film Front Weimar : Representations of the First World War in German Films from the Weimar Period (1919-1933)
Published Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2002

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Description 1 online resource (331 pages)
Series Film Culture in Transition
Film culture in transition.
Contents Contents; Preface and Acknowledgements; 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
Chapter 6: 'Neid, Leid, Tränen -- das ist der Krieg' -- Gender and war filmsEpilogue; Notes; Credits Weimar War Films; Archives and Libraries; Bibliography; Index of names; Index of subjects
Summary Describes Germany's experience of World War I as depicted in the cinematography of the Weimar era
Analysis Culture and institutions
Motion pictures
History, geography, and auxiliary disciplines
Culture and instituten
Film
Geschiedenis
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-317) and indexes
Notes English
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Subject World War, 1914-1918 -- Motion pictures and the war
Motion pictures -- Germany -- History -- 20th century
Propaganda, German -- History -- 20th century
Society and social sciences.
Society and culture: general.
The arts.
Film, TV and radio.
Humanities.
History.
HISTORY -- General.
Motion pictures
Propaganda, German
War and motion pictures
Films.
Eerste Wereldoorlog.
Weimar-republiek.
Germany
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9789048505197
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9053565981
9789053565988
9786610958887
6610958882
0585498830
9780585498836