Film and Memory in East Germany
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: April 2008
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 296
ISBN-13: 9780253219671
Subjects: Film theory & criticism; Films, cinema; Performing Arts; Pop Arts / Pop Culture; Cinema/Film: Book; Film & Video - History & Criticism; Media Studies; Germany (East); History; Motion pictures
Description: Anke Pinkert explores films produced in the Soviet Occupation Zone and East Germany from the end of World War II through the 1960s, offering insights into how Germans dealt with the aftermath of the war and analysing the relationship between modern historical violence, cultural memory and cinematic representation.