List of Illustrations. Acknowledgments. Introduction. 1. Wilhelmine cinema 1895-1919. Cinema: a new technology, industry and mass medium. Elements of a national cinema: stars, genres and directors. German cinema after the First World War. 2. Weimar cinema 1919-33. Weimar cinema as art cinema. Weimar cinema as popular cinema. Film, politics, and the coming of sound. 3. Third Reich cinema 1933-45. The restructuring of the film industry. Third cinema as popular cinema. Third Reich cinema as political cinema. 4. Post-war cinema 1945-61. The reconstruction of the film industry. Rewriting history, forging new identities. The politicisation of cinema in the East. The depoliticisation of cinema in the West. 5. East German cinema 1961-89. The New Waves and the Plenary. The Seventies: the discovery of everyday life. The Eighties: crises and transformation. 6. West German cinema 1962-89. The Oberhausen Manifesto and the Young German Cinema. The Seventies: the emergence of New German Cinema. The Eighties: crises and transformation. 7. Post-unification cinema 1989-2000. Elements of popular cinema: the return to genre. Once again: coming to terms with the past(s). Selected bibliography. Index.

German National Cinema is the first comprehensive account in English of German cinema from its origins to the present. From The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari to Run Lola Run, Sabine Hake examines a range of films in relation to the social, political, economic and technological events surrounding them.
Hake assesses the work of directors such as Fritz Lang and Rainer Werner Fassbinder, and stars like Marlene Dietrich and Louise Brooks. From the Wilhelmine Empire to post-reunification, she traces the artistic currents, technological innovations, and social transformations which defined each era of German film and shows how a highly-politicised cinema often produced surprisingly apolitical films. Embracing popular traditions and other cultural legacies such as music, literature and prominent art movements such as Expressionism, she explores the competing definitions of German cinema as art cinema, quality entertainment, political propaganda and rival of Hollywood.

The author traces German film's relationship with other national cinemas and popular culture as a whole, and focuses on key themes including genre, audiences and stars.

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