| Description |
xi, 312 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Note |
Filmography: p. 251-165. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-297) and index. |
| Contents |
The war at home. The wounded soldier -- The spirit of 1914 -- Film and nation -- The battle of images -- A medium for deception -- The new empire -- Mental breakdowns -- Tales from the asylum. War neurotics -- Recovering the past -- Phantoms and freaks -- From Dr. Charcot to Dr. Caligari -- Madness as resistance -- The Hitler connection -- Shattered space -- The return of the undead. The lost generation -- Mass death -- Dracula revisited -- A community under siege -- Hysteria on the home front -- The allure of the occult -- The work of mourning -- Myth, murder, and revenge. The national project -- Posing for Germany -- The will to form -- The fallen hero -- Excursus: Lang in World War I -- The sacred battle -- The end of violence -- The industrial battlefield. Rise of the machines -- Moloch war -- Lang's America -- The hunger for religion -- The workers' revolt -- Destruction and regeneration -- Aftershocks -- Conclusion. |
| Subject |
Motion pictures -- Germany -- History -- 20th century.
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Motion pictures. |
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Germany. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
World War, 1914-1918 -- Motion pictures and the war.
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World War (1914-1918) |
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War and motion pictures. |
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Influence.
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Silent films -- Germany -- History and criticism.
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Silent films. |
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Psychic trauma in motion pictures.
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Psychic trauma in motion pictures. |
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Culture in motion pictures.
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Culture in motion pictures. |
| ISBN |
9780691031361 hardcover alkaline paper |
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0691031363 |
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