German National Cinema

List of Illustrations. Acknowledgments. Introduction. 1. Wilhelmine cinema 1895-1919. Cinema: a new technology, industry and mass medium. Elements of a national cinema: stars, genres and directors. German cinema after the First World War. 2. Weimar cinema 1919-33. Weimar cinema as art cinema. Weimar cinema as popular cinema. Film, politics, and the coming of sound. 3. Third Reich cinema 1933-45. The restructuring of the film industry. Third cinema as popular cinema. Third Reich cinema as political cinema. 4. Post-war cinema 1945-61. The reconstruction of the film industry. Rewriting history, forging new identities. The politicisation of cinema in the East. The depoliticisation of cinema in the West. 5. East German cinema 1961-89. The New Waves and the Plenary. The Seventies: the discovery of everyday life. The Eighties: crises and transformation. 6. West German cinema 1962-89. The Oberhausen Manifesto and the Young German Cinema. The Seventies: the emergence of New German Cinema. The Eighties: crises and transformation. 7. Post-unification cinema 1989-2000. Elements of popular cinema: the return to genre. Once again: coming to terms with the past(s). Selected bibliography. Index.