East German Cinema [electronic resource] : DEFA and Film History /
Heiduschke, S.author.
East Germany's film monopoly, Deutsche Film-Aktiengesellschaft, produced a films ranging beyond simple propaganda to westerns, musicals, and children's films, among others. This book equips scholars with the historical background to understand East German cinema and guides the readers through the DEFA archive via examinations of twelve films.
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""Cover""; ""Half-Title""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""List of Figures                      ""; ""Acknowledgments                      ""; ""Introduction                   ""; ""Part I East German Cinema                                ""; ""1 East German Cinema as State Institution                                                ""; ""2 Reciprocities and Tensions: DEFA and the East German Entertainment Industry                                                                                    ""
""5 Fairy Tales and Childrenâ€?s Films as Eternal Blockbusters: Die Geschichte vom Kleinen Muck (The Story of Little Mook, Wolfgang Staudte, 1953)                                                                                                                                                     ""
""7 The Birth of DEFA Genre Cinema, East German Sci-fi Films, New Technologies, and Coproduction with Eastern Europe: Der schweigende Stern (Silent Star, Kurt Maetzig, 1960)                                                                                                                                                                                  ""
""8 Film Censorship, the East German Nouvelle Vague, and the â€œRabbit Filmsâ€?: Das Kaninchen bin ich (The Rabbit Is Me, Kurt Maetzig, 1965)                                                                                                                                              ""
East Germany's film monopoly, Deutsche Film-Aktiengesellschaft, produced a films ranging beyond simple propaganda to westerns, musicals, and children's films, among others. This book equips scholars with the historical background to understand East German cinema and guides the readers through the DEFA archive via examinations of twelve films.
DEFA
Motion pictures—History.
Europe, Central—History.
Motion pictures and television.
Communication.
Motion pictures—European influences.
Arts.
Film History.
History of Germany and Central Europe.
Screen Studies.
Media Studies.
European Cinema and TV.
Arts.