Weimar Cinema and After: Germany's Historical Imaginary

by Thomas Elsaesser

Book Overview

German cinema of the 1920s is still regarded as one of the 'golden ages' of world cinema. Films such as The Cabinet of Dr Caligari, Dr Mabuse the Gambler, Nosferatu, Metropolis, Pandora's Box and The Blue Angel have long been canonised as classics, but they are also among the key films defining an image of Germany as a nation uneasy with itself. The work of directors like Fritz Lang, F.W. Murnau and G.W. Pabst, which having apparently announced the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415012341
• ISBN13: 9780415012348
• Release Date: June 2000
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 2.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.4" x 9.5"