This e-book is part of a twelve-volume series documenting the history of German film from its beginnings in 1895 to the present day using the collection holdings of the Deutsche Kinemathek. Each volume in e PUB format focuses on a decade and offers a concise overview of the cinematic masterpieces and milestones of that era, highlights famous films and films to be rediscovered, and pays tribute to the cinema, its audience and the creative minds behind the diversity of German film.
The complete work, which comprises over 2, 700 objects from all areas of the collection and spans 130 years, is also available as a printed book and as a PDF in German and English.
The DEUTSCHE KINEMATHEK is one of the world’s leading institutions for the collection, preservation, and presentation of audio-visual heritage. Hundreds of thousands of objects are permanently preserved in its archives and are available for research into film and television history. In addition to scripts, photos, posters, costumes and designs, the collection also includes film equipment. The Kinemathek curates film series and exhibitions and restores and digitizes films. Its diverse activities, including installations, publications, educational formats, and conferences, encourage visitors to discover the world of moving images.
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Contents
Introduction
The Boom of the West German Heimatfilm
DEFA Fairy-Tale Films
Oscar Martay’s Showcase of the West
The German Film Award and the Bambi
The Founding of the Berlin International Film Festival and Other Festivals
Scandal Surrounding Die Sünderin
Prestige Project of the Young DEFA: Der Untertan
Karena Niehoff and the Harlan Trial
Portrayals of Women in a Political Context
Film Stars (I/VI) (FRG and GDR)
Automobile Complexes
Ilse Kubaschewski’s Gloria Film-Verleih and Die Trapp-Familie
Continuities: Herbert Reinecker and Alfred Weidenmann
The Second World War in West German Feature Films
Film Adaptations of Erich Kästner’s Children’s Books
The Newsreel in East and West Germany
Mädchen in Uniform: The 1958 Remake
Thomas Mann Film Adaptations in the Adenauer Era
The Stauffenberg Assassination Plot in Film
Film Posters: Entertainment and Social Critique (GDR)
Film Posters: Entertainment and Social Critique (FRG)
Karlheinz Böhm: From Sissi to Peeping Tom
Fade into Ruins: Films Shot in Berlin’s Tiergarten District
An Explosive Topic: The Inner-German Border
Homosexuality in 1950s West Germany: Anders als Du und ich
Films about Rebellious Teenagers in East and West Germany
Bavaria International
Music Films in West Germany
Anti-Black Racism in Zwei Bayern im Urwald
The Photographer Heinz Köster and the Berlinale, 1951–1959
Social Criticism in the Adenauer Era
Showplace Berlin
Serengeti darf nicht sterben: No Place for Humans