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Nazi Cinema as Enchantment: The Politics of Entertainment in the Third Reich

Nazi Cinema as Enchantment: The Politics of Entertainment in the Third Reich

O'Brien, Mary-Elizabeth

Paperback

Series: Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture, Book 1

Film StudiesGeneral Political ScienceGerman History

ISBN10: 1571133348
ISBN13: 9781571133342
Publisher: Camden House Inc
Published: Feb 1 2006
Pages: 304
Weight: 1.07
Height: 0.73 Width: 6.10 Depth: 9.02
Language: English
Explores how entertainment cinema served everyday fascism in Nazi Germany.

Hitler's regime not only terrorized its citizens; it also seduced them, offering stability, a traditional value system, a sense of belonging, and hope of a better standard of living. Nazi cinema was part of this seduction, expressing positive social fantasies and promoting the enchantment of reality, so that one would want to share in the dream at any price. This interdisciplinary study, based on exhaustive research in German archives, examines how thirteen films from five genres - the historical musical, the foreign adventure film, the home-front film, the melodrama, and the problem film - enchanted audiences and enacted shared stories that can tell us much about how family, community, history, the nation, and the war were imagined in Nazi Germany.

Mary-Elizabeth O'Brien is Professor of German at Skidmore College.

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