Orphans of the East: Postwar Eastern European Cinema and the Revolutionary Subject

by Constantin Parvulescu

Book Overview

Unlike the benevolent orphan found in Charlie Chaplin's The Kid or the sentimentalized figure of Little Orphan Annie, the orphan in postwar Eastern European cinema takes on a more politically fraught role, embodying the tensions of individuals struggling to recover from war and grappling with an unknown future under Soviet rule. By exploring films produced in postwar Hungary, the German Democratic Republic, Czechoslovakia, Romania,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253016851
• ISBN13: 9780253016850
• Release Date: June 2015
• Publisher: Indiana University Press (Ips)
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 8.9"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher