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Author Kester, Bernadette, 1959-

Title Film front Weimar : representations of the First World War in German films of the Weimar period (1919-1933) / Bernadette Kester.

Publication Info. Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2003]
©2003

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Description 1 online resource (329 pages) : illustrations.
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Physical Medium polychrome
Series Film culture in transition
Film culture in transition.
Note Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam, 1998.
Filmography: pages 291-301.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-317) and indexes.
Contents 'Lehrreich und amüsant' -- Historical films in the period 1896-1933 -- 'Die Legende von der Unschuld' -- Films about the run-up to the war, especially 1914. Die letzten Tage vor dem Weltbrand -- 'Das Dokumentarische gewinnt die Oberhand' -- Archival footage and constructions in war films -- 'Wenn wir Helden wären, wären wir schon längst daheim' -- Realism and anti-war tendencies in four films -- 'Auf dem Meere, da ist der Mann noch etwas wert' -- Films about the German navy during the First World War -- 'Neid, Leid, Tränen -- das ist der Krieg' -- Gender and war films.
Summary "The Weimar Republic is widely regarded as a precursor to the Nazi era and as a period in which jazz, architecture and expressionist films all contributed to a cultural flourishing. the so-called Golden Twenties however was also a decade in which Germany had to deal with the aftermath of the First World War. Film Front Weimar shows how Germany tried to reconcile the horrendous experiences of the war through the war films made between 1919 and 1933. These films shed light on the way Germany chose to remember its recent past. A body of twenty-five films is analysed. For insight into the understanding and reception of these films at the time, hundreds of film reviews, censorship reports and some popular history books are discussed. This is the first rigorous study of these hitherto unacknowledged war films." "The chapters are ordered thematically: war documentaries, films on the causes of the war, the front life, the war at sea and the home front."--Jacket.
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Subject World War (1914-1918)
Bibel Philemonbrief.
BMBF-Statusseminar.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Motion pictures and the war.
War and motion pictures.
Motion pictures -- Germany -- History -- 20th century.
Motion pictures.
Germany.
History.
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject Propaganda, German -- History -- 20th century.
Propaganda, German.
Chronological Term Geschichte 1919-1933.
1900-1999
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Film.
Added Title Filmfront Weimar. English
Other Form: Print version: Kester, Bernadette, 1959- Filmfront Weimar. English. Film front Weimar. Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, ©2003 9053565981 9053565973 (DLC) 2003443441 (OCoLC)51952234
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