At the end of World War II, Germany was a broken nation. Split in
two and occupied by the victorious Allies, it would have to be
rebuilt, literally, from the rubble of its own defeat. Volumes of
books have been published chronicling its structural and economic
rebirth; this unique study reveals how Germany rebuilt itself
culturally.
Rubble Films is a close look at German cinema in the immediate
postwar era, and a careful examination of its relationship to
Allied occupation. Shandley reveals how German film borrowed --
both literally and figuratively -- from its Nazi past, and how the
occupied powers (specifically the US) used its position as victor
to open Europe to Hollywood movie products and aesthetics.
Incorporating a careful reading of several important postwar
films, Shandley also discusses how the German studio system
operated immediately after the war, in the east and the west,
giving special focus on DEFA, the east German studio that rose
during Soviet occupation.
Pathbreaking in its research, Rubble Films sheds new light on a
significant moment of German cultural rebirth, and adds a new
dimension to the study of the history of film.
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