The Many Faces of Weimar Cinema: Rediscovering Germany's Filmic Legacy
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New essays re-evaluating Weimar cinema from a broadened, up-to-date perspective.
List of IllustrationsPrefaceIntroduction: Images and Imaginaries Christian Rogowski Rogowski, Christian 11 Richard Oswald and the Social Hygiene Film: Promoting Public Health or Promiscuity? Jill Suzanne Smith Smith, Jill Suzanne 132 Unsettling Nerves: Investigating War Trauma in Robert Reinert's Nerven (1919) Barbara Hales Hales, Barbara 313 Humanity Unleashed: Anti-Bolshevism as Popular Culture in Early Weimar Cinema Philipp Stiasny Stiasny, Philipp 484 Desire versus Despotism: The Politics of Sumurun (1920), Ernst Lubitsch's "Oriental" Fantasy Richard W. McCormick McCormick, Richard W. 675 Romeo with Sidelocks: Jewish-Gentile Romance in E. A. Dupont's Das alte Gesetz (1923) and Other Early Weimar Assimilation Films Cynthia Walk Walk, Cynthia 846 "These Hands Are Not My Hands": War Trauma and Masculinity in Crisis in Robert Wiene's Orlacs Hande (1924) Anjeana Hans Hans, Anjeana 1027 The Star System in Weimar Cinema Joseph Garncarz Garncarz, Joseph 1168 Schaulust: Sexuality and Trauma in Conrad Veidt's Masculine Masquerades Elizabeth Otto Otto, Elizabeth 1349 The Musical Promise of Abstract Film Joel Westerdale Westerdale, Joel 15310 The International Project of National(ist) Film: Franz Osten in India Veronika Fuechtner Fuechtner, Veronika 16711 The Body in Time: Wilhelm Prager's Wege zu Kraft und Schonheit (1925) Theodore F. Rippey Rippey, Theodore F. 18212 Henrik Galeen's Alraune (1927): The Vamp and The Root of Horror Valerie Weinstein Weinstein, Valerie 19813 The Dialectic of (Sexual) Enlightenment: Wilhelm Dieterle's Geschlecht in Fesseln (1928) Christian Rogowski Rogowski, Christian 21114 Babel's Business ---On Ufa's Multiple Language Film Versions, 1929-1933 Chris Wahl Wahl, Chris 23515 "A New Era of Peace and Understanding": The Integration of Sound Film into German Popular Cinema, 1929-1932 Ofer Ashkenazi Ashkenazi, Ofer 24916 Landscapes of Death: Space and the Mobilization Genre in G. W. Pabst's Westfront 1918 (1930) Jaimey Fisher Fisher, Jaimey 26817 Undermining Babel: Victor Trivas's Niemandsland (1931) Nancy P. Nenno Nenno, Nancy P. 28618 Unmasking Brigitte Helm and Marlene Dietrich: The Vamp in German Romantic Comedies (1930-33) Mihaela Petrescu Petrescu, Mihaela 299Filmography 317Notes on the Contributors 329Index 333
