Title: German Film Thry Cri
Description: Shell Shock Cinema explores how the classical German cinema of the Weimar Republic was haunted by the horrors of World War I and the the devastating effects of the nation's defeat. In this exciting new book, Anton Kaes argues that masterworks such as The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, Nosferatu, The Nibelungen, and Metropolis, even though they do not depict battle scenes or soldiers in combat, engaged the war and registered its tragic aftermath. These films reveal a wounded nation in post-traumatic shock, reeling from a devastating defeat that it never officially acknowledged, let alone accepted. Kae.
Subjects: Motion pictures, germany, World war, 1914-1918, influence, Silent films, Motion pictures, History, World War, 1914-1918, Motion pictures and the war, Influence, History and criticism, Psychic trauma in motion pictures, Culture in motion pictures, War and motion pictures