Shell Shock Cinema Weimar Culture and the Wounds of War

Name: Shell Shock Cinema Weimar Culture and the Wounds of War
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ISBN: 9780691008509

ISBN-10: 0691008507

ISBN-13: 9780691008509

Edition: 2009

Authors: Anton Kaes

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Shell Shock Cinemaexplores how the classical German cinema of the Weimar Republic was haunted by the horrors of World War I and the the devastating effects of the nation's defeat. In this exciting new book, Anton Kaes argues that masterworks such as The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, Nosferatu, The Nibelungen, and Metropolis, even though they do not depict battle scenes or soldiers in combat, engaged the war and registered its tragic aftermath. These films reveal a wounded nation in post-traumatic shock, reeling from a devastating defeat that it never officially acknowledged, let alone accepted. Kaes uses the term "shell shock"--coined during World War I to describe soldiers suffering from…

Book details

List price: $32.00
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 10/2/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 328
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.13" long x 0.87" tall
Weight: 1.210
Language: English

Anton Kaes is Chancellor Professor of German and Film Studies at the University of California at Berkeley.