German Culture through Film

An Introduction to German Cinema

Robert C. Reimer, Reinhard Zachau

• Publisher: Focus
• Year: 2017
• eBook ISBN: 9781585108893
• Edition: 2
• Topic: Media & Performing Arts
• Subtopic: Film & Video

German Culture through Film: An Introduction to German Cinema is an English-language text that serves equally well in courses on modern German film, in courses on general film studies, in courses that incorporate film as a way to study culture, and as an engaging resource for scholars, students, and devotees of cinema and film history. In its second edition, German Culture through Film expands on the first edition, providing additional chapters with context for understanding the era in which the featured films were produced. Thirty-three notable German films are arranged in seven chronological chapters, spanning key moments in German film history, from the silent era to the present. Each chapter begins with an introduction that focuses on the history and culture surrounding films of the relevant period. Sections within chapters are each devoted to one particular film, providing film credits, a summary of the story, background information, an evaluation, questions and activities to encourage diverse interpretations, a list of related films, and bibliographical information on the films discussed.

Table of contents

• Cover
• German Culture through Film
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Titles of Related Interest Available from Hackett Publishing
• Contents
• Preface to the Second Edition
• I. Weimar Film 1919–1933: Introduction
• II. Weimar Sound Film 1929–1933: Introduction
• III. Nazi Film 1933–1945: Introduction
• IV. Postwar Film 1945–1949: Introduction
• V. East German Film 1949–1989: Introduction
• VI. West German Film 1950–1989: Introduction
• VII. German Film after 1989: Introduction
• Photo Credits
• Back Cover