Ebook: Continuity and Crisis in German Cinema, 1928-1936

Frontcover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I. Politics; 1: "Timid Heresies": Werner Hochbaum's Razzia in St. Pauli (1932); 2: Film as Pedagogy in Late Weimar and Early Nazi Cinema: The Role of the Street in Mobilizing the Spectator; Part II. The Economy; 3: "A Fairy Tale for Grown-ups": Financial and Cinematic Crises in Die Koffer des Herrn O.F. (1931); 4: "Denn Gold ist Glück und Fluch dieser Welt": Examining the Trope of "Gold" in Gold (1934) and Der Kaiser von Kalifornien (1936); Part III. Concepts of Race and Ethnicity.;New essays examining the differences and commonalities between late Weimar-era and early Nazi-era German cinema against a backdrop of the crises of that time.