Rubble films : German cinema in the shadow of the Third Reich / Robert R. Shandley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shandley, Robert R.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures--Germany--History.

Motion pictures.

Rubble films--Germany--History and criticism.

Rubble films.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (237 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia, Pa. : Temple University Press, c2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

At the end of World War II, Germany was a broken nation. Split in two and occupied by the victorious Allies, it would have to be rebuilt, literally, from the rubble of its own defeat. Volumes of books have been published chronicling its structural and economic rebirth; this unique study reveals how Germany rebuilt itself culturally.Rubble Films is a close look at German cinema in the immediate postwar era, and a careful examination of its relationship to Allied occupation. Shandley reveals how German film borrowed -- both literally and figuratively -- from its Nazi past, an

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Dismantling the Dream Factory: The Film Industry in Berubbled Germany; 2. Coming Home through Rubble Canyons:The Murderers Are among Us and Generic Convention; 3. It's a Wonderful Reich: Private Innocence and Public Guilt; 4. The Sword That Smote You: Jewish Filmmakers and the Visual Reconstruction of Jews in German Film; 5. The Trouble with Rubble: DEFA's Social Problem Films; 6. Comedic Redemption and the End of Rubble Film Discourse; Conclusion: The Vanishing Rubble Film in Postwar Historiography; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Filmography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-210), filmography (p. 211-218) and index.

ISBN:

9786612658570

9781282658578

1282658573

9781592138067

1592138063

OCLC:

646067865