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This course focuses on key films of the Weimar and Nazi eras. Students will analyse major works from this crucial period of cinema history, and by understanding the films in the context of the period, will also gain an insight into the discourses of the time. These include the so-called Kinodebatte and the status of film, concerns over urbanisation and commodification, Benjamin's and Kracauer's reception of film, the art historical traditions manifest in the films, and changing views on gender and technology. Furthermore, students will engage with current developments in film theory.
Films taught vary, but have in the past included:
Robert Wiene, Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari (1920)
Karlheinz Martin, Von morgens bis mitternachts, 1920)
Paul Wegener, Der Golem, 1920)
F. W. Murnau, Nosferatu (1922)
Fritz Lang, Metropolis (1927)
Walther Ruttmann, Die Sinfonie der Gro脽stadt (1927)
Robert Siodmak, Edgar G. Ulmer, Menschen am Sonntag, 1930)
G. W. Pabst, Die B眉chse der Pandora (1929)
Josef von Sternberg, Der blaue Engel (1930)
Fritz Lang, M (1931)
Leni Riefenstahl, Triumph des Willens (1935)
Veit Harlan, Jud S眉ss (1940)
Detlef Sierck, La Habanera and Zu neuen Ufern (1937)
Helmut Weiss, Die Feuerzangenbowle (1944)
Module deliveries for 2024/25 academic year
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This module description was last updated on 8th April 2024.
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