Seeing German film during the Third Reich as a powerful and sinister tool for both indoctrination and escapist pacification, analyses the pictorial and spoken language to identify the psychological techniques used in the various genres, including news reels, documentaries, features, and cultural fil
Über den Autor
nHilmar Hoffmann is the founder of the Oberhausen International Film Festival and of the German Film Museum in Frankfurt. He is Honorary Professor of Film Studies at Marburg University, an Honorary Member of Tel Aviv University, and a member of the panels of judges for the Moscow, Karlsbad, Locarno, and Cannes film festivals. For twenty years he served on the City Council of Frankfurt, where he as responsible for cultural affairs. He has been President of the Goethe Institutes since 1993.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
nPreface
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nChapter 1. The Symbolic Value of Flags and Banners
nChapter 2. The Flag in Feature Films
nChapter 3. Reasons for the Rise of Hitler
nChapter 4. Film and Propaganda in the Third Reich
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nChapter 5. The Nonfictional Genres of Nazi Film Propaganda
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n- nThe Cultural and Educational Film
n- nThe Documentary
n- nThe Compilation Film
n- nThe Newsreel
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nSelect Bibliography
nIndex of Names
nIndex of Film Titles
Klappentext
"This book has no scholarly equivalent in English." · ChoicennnThe Nazis saw film as a major vehicle for both indoctrination and escapist pacification of the "masses"; in fact, Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels tried to create a German counter-Hollywood. This highly acclaimed study, by one of Germany's leading commentators and authors on cultural policy, analyses the pictorial and spoken language of the various film genres in the Third Reich, including news reels, documentaries, feature and "cultural" films. It shows how a powerful and sinister propaganda machine emerged which, by deploying a wide range of psychological techniques, exerted a strong fascination on the masses. These methods were so successful that they continue to serve as models for totalitarian régimes to this day.nnnHilmar Hoffmann is the founder of the Oberhausen International Film Festival and of theGerman Film Museum in Frankfurt. He is Honorary Professor of Film Studies at MarburgUniversity, an Honorary Member of Tel Aviv University, and a member of the panels of judgesfor the Moscow, Karlsbad, Locarno, and Cannes film festivals. For twenty years he served on theCity Council of Frankfurt, where he as responsible for cultural affairs. He has been President ofthe Goethe Institutes since 1993.
