East German Cinema - DEFA and Film History (Hardcover)

East Germany's film monopoly, Deutsche Film-Aktiengesellschaft (DEFA), produced a breadth and depth of films ranging beyond simple propaganda to westerns, science fiction films, musicals, melodramas, spy thrillers, women's films, fairy tales, and children's films. This book covers the entire range of filmmaking under the DEFA logo, from their beginnings in the Soviet Occupied Zone through unification and shows their continuing impact in contemporary culture. East German cinema offers the opportunity to see the complete picture of German film past Murnau, Lang, von Sternberg, and Fassbinder to equally important East German directors such as Frank Beyer, Wolfgang Staudte, Kurt Maetzig, and Konrad Wolf.As an introductory work, this book equips scholars and students with the historical and cultural background to understand East German cinema and guides the readers through the DEFA archive using critical examinations of twelve films - a list one could consider the core of an East German film canon.

General

Imprint:	Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	October 2013
First published:	2013
Authors:	S. Heiduschke
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 11mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	196
ISBN-13:	978-1-137-32230-2
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Films, cinema > General Books > Business & Economics > Industry & industrial studies > Media, information & communication industries > Cinema industry
LSN:	1-137-32230-6
Barcode:	9781137322302

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