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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462508703321

Titolo

Directory of world cinema [[electronic resource] ] Germany / / edited by Michelle Langford

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bristol, UK ; ; Chicago, : Intellect, 2012

ISBN

1-283-75468-1

1-84150-582-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (321 p.)

Collana

Directory of world cinema ; ; v. 9

Altri autori (Persone)

LangfordMichelle

Disciplina

791.430943

Soggetti

Motion pictures - Germany

Motion pictures - Germany - History

Motion picture industry - Germany

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

FrontCover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: German Cinema and the Vicissitudes of History; Film Pioneers; The Films of the Skladanowsky Brothers; Arnold Fanck (1889-1974); Then and Now: Berlin Symphony, 1927/2002; Festival Focus; The Berlinale: Berlin International Film Festival; Scoring Cinema; The Music Films of Straub/Huillet; Fantastic Film; Essay; Reviews; Adventure Film; Essay; Reviews; Der Heimatfilm; Essay; Reviews; Comedy; Essay; Reviews; Foreigners and Guest-workers; Essay; Reviews; Queer German Cinema; Essay; Reviews; Vergangenheitsbewältigung; Essay

Rubble FilmReviews; War Film; Reviews; Historical Drama; Reviews; Political Drama; Reviews; The Berlin Wall; Essay; Reviews; Recommended Reading; Online Resources; Test Your Knowledge; Notes on Contributors; Filmography

Sommario/riassunto

From bleak Expressionist works to the edgy political cinema of the New German Cinema and the feel-good Heimat films of the postwar era, Directory of World Cinema: Germany aims to offer a wider