{"product_id":"9781844575312","title":"The German Cinema Book","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eThe German Cinema Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis comprehensively revised, updated and significantly extended edition introduces German film history from its beginnings to the present day, covering key periods and movements including early and silent cinema, Weimar cinema, Nazi cinema, the New German Cinema, the Berlin School, the cinema of migration, and moving images in the digital era. Contributions by leading international scholars are grouped into sections that focus on genre; stars; authorship; film production, distribution and exhibition; theory and politics, including women's and queer cinema; and transnational connections. Spotlight articles within each section offer key case studies, including of individual films that illuminate larger histories (\u003ci\u003eHeimat\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDownfall\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Lives of Others\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Edge of Heaven\u003c\/i\u003e and many more); stars from Ossi Oswalda and Hans Albers, to  Hanna Schygulla and Nina Hoss; directors including F.W. Murnau, Walter Ruttmann, Wim Wenders and Helke Sander; and film theorists including Siegfried Kracauer and Béla Balázs. The volume provides a methodological template for the study of a national cinema in a transnational horizon.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781844575312\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"British Film Institute","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":40706805989582,"sku":"9781844575312","price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_746684c2-9e37-4b49-8b4f-4d2fe5a92207.jpg?v=1640578624","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781844575312","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}