The German Cinema Book

This work brings together film specialists from Europe and the United States to explore German film history from the late 19th to the early 21st century. It re-evaluates traditional areas of interest in German cinema, and looks at neglected aspects, including early cinema.

Preface and Acknowledgments

vii

Notes on Contributors

ix

Introduction

1

(12)

PART ONE: POPULAR CINEMA

13

(44)

Introduction

15

(3)

Tim Bergfelder

Evergreens: The Heimat Genre

18

(11)

Johannes von Moltke

German Film Comedy

29

(10)

Jan-Christopher Horak

Extraterritorial Fantasies: Edgar Wallace and the German Crime Film

39

(9)

Tim Bergfelder

Queer Traditions in German Cinema

48

(9)

Robert Kiss

PART TWO: STARS

57

(50)

Introduction

59

(4)

Erica Carter

Siegfried - A German Film Star Performing the Nation in Lang's Nibelungen Film

63

(8)

Anton Kaes

Marlene Dietrich - The Prodigal Daughter

71

(10)

Erica Carter

Heinz Ruhmann - The Archetypal German

81

(9)

Stephen Lowry

Armin Mueller-Stahl - From East Germany to the West Coast

90

(8)

Claudia Fellmer

German Stars of the 1990s

98

(9)

Malte Hagener

PART THREE: INSTITUTIONS AND CULTURAL CONTEXTS

107

(52)

Introduction

109

(3)

Tim Bergfelder

The Origins of Film Exhibition in Germany

112

(9)

Joseph Garncarz

Early Cinema and its Audiences

121

(8)

Frank Kessler

Eva Warth

A History of Ufa

129

(10)

Hans-Michael Bock

Michael Toteberg

DEFA - State, Studio, Style, Identity

139

(9)

Horst Claus

State Legislation, Censorship and Funding

148

(11)

Martin Loiperdinger

PART FOUR: CULTURAL POLITICS

159

(52)

Introduction

161

(4)

Tim Bergfelder

Erica Carter

Political Cinema as Oppositional Practice: Weimar and Beyond

165

(8)

Marc Silberman

Film Policy in the Third Reich

173

(9)

Julian Petley

New German Cinema and History: The Case of Alexander Kluge

182

(10)

Thomas Elsaesser

Women Film-Makers, the Avant-Garde and the Case of Ulrike Ottinger

192

(10)

Ulrike Sieglohr

The Autorenfilm in Contemporary German Cinema

202

(9)

Ian Garwood

PART FIVE: TRANSNATIONAL CONNECTIONS

211

(46)

Introduction

213

(4)

Deniz Gokturk

Transatlantic Careers: Ernst Lubitsch and Fritz Lang

217

(10)

Sabine Hake

Hollywood in Germany/Germany in Hollywood

227

(11)

Peter Kramer

In the Wilds of the German Imaginary: African Vistas

238

(10)

Marie-Helene Gutberlet

Beyond Paternalism: Turkish German Traffic in Cinema

248

(9)

Deniz Gokturk

Select Bibliography and Resources

257

(20)

Index

277

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