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Film front Weimar : representations of the First World War in German films from the Weimar period (1919-1933)
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Describes Germany's experience of World War I as depicted in the cinematography of the Weimar era.
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- English, Dutch
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- Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2002
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- 1 online resource (331 pages)
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- ISBNs
- 9789048505197, 9048505194, 9053565981, 9789053565988, 9790000000000, 9786610958887, 6610958882, 0585498830, 9780585498836, 9789053565988
- OCLC
- ocn437106753
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-317) and indexes.
- English.
- 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