Main entry:

Kester, Bernadette.

Title & Author:

Film Front Weimar : Representations of the First World War in German Films from the Weimar Period (1919-1933).

Publication:

Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2002.

Description:

1 online resource (331 pages)

Series:

Film Culture in Transition

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-317) and indexes.
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.
English.

Summary:

Describes Germany's experience of World War I as depicted in the cinematography of the Weimar era.

Resources:
De Gruyter
JSTOR
OAPEN
OAPEN
De Gruyter, Cover
Publisher description
Open Access
Open Access
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Open Access
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ISBN:

9789048505197 (electronic bk.)
9048505194 (electronic bk.)
9053565981
9789053565988
9786610958887
6610958882
0585498830
9780585498836
9790000000000

Subject:

World War, 1914-1918 Motion pictures and the war.
Motion pictures Germany History 20th century.
Propaganda, German History 20th century.
History & Archaeology.
History General.
Cinéma Allemagne Histoire 20e siècle.
Propagande allemande Histoire 20e siècle.
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
Culture and institutions
History, geography, and auxiliary disciplines
Culture and instituten
Film
Geschiedenis

Form/genre:

History

Added entries:

Film culture in transition.