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
Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari (I/II): On the Advertising Campaign and Film Architecture
Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari (II/II): On the History of Its Impact
The Reich Cinema Act
Censorship of Posters: Ernst Lubitsch’s Sumurun
German Silent Westerns
Corporate Consolidation in the Film Industry
Reich President Ebert on the Set of Anna Boleyn
Asta Nielsen Plays Hamlet
Star Postcards from the 1920s
The First Vampire Film: Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau’s Nosferatu
The Geiselgasteig Studio Lot
Film Publications from the 1920s
The First Blockbuster: Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler
Animation and the Avant-Garde: Lotte Reiniger and the Silhouette Film
Jewish Life in Film: Two Examples
Buddenbrooks as a Silent Film
Film Restoration (I/IV): Sylvester – Tragödie einer Nacht
National Socialism and Die Nibelungen
Innovation in Film Editing: The Lyta Universal Editing Table
Metropolis: Inspired by New York?
The Unleashed Camera
The Cinema and Photo Exhibition (Kipho)
The ‘Babelsberg Bauhütte’: Film Architecture and Production Conditions
Advertising for Parufamet Distribution Films
Kulturfilme
The Film Composer Giuseppe Becce
Still Photography in the 1920s
Guido Seeber’s Early History of the Camera
Psychoanalysis in Film
Expedition Films of the 1920s
Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau’s Faust
Gerhard Lamprecht’s Zille Films
Metropolis (I/III): Art Direction
Metropolis (II/III): Music and Restoration
Metropolis (III/III): Reception and Impact
The Costume Designer Aenne Willkomm
Walther Ruttmann’s Berlin. Die Sinfonie der Groẞstadt
Cross-Dressing Films in the Weimar Republic
Prussian Films about ‘Old Fritz’
Film Restoration (II/IV): Der Katzensteg
The Bauhaus and Film
Women Film Professionals of the 1920s
Women Screenwriters in the 1920s
World War Trauma and Returnee Films
Fritz Lang’s Frau im Mond
Big City Traffic in the Studio: Joe May’s Asphalt
Louise Brooks: A Girl in Babelsberg
The Mountain Film Genre and Arnold Fanck
Richard Eichberg’s Popular Films
Proletarian Cinema in the 1920s