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The German Cinema Book
Tim Bergfelder (ed.), Erica Carter (ed.), Deniz Göktürk (ed.), Claudia Sandberg (ed.)
British Film Institute, Bloomsbury Publishing | Published : 2020
Abstract
This comprehensively revised, updated and significantly extended edition introduces German film history from its beginnings to the present day, covering key periods and movements including early and silent cinema, Weimar cinema, Nazi cinema, the New German Cinema, the Berlin School, the cinema of migration, and moving images in the digital era. Contributions by leading international scholars are grouped into sections that focus on genre; stars; authorship; film production, distribution and exhibition; theory and politics, including women's and queer cinema; and transnational connections. Spotlight articles within each section offer key case studies, including of individual films that illumin..
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