This e-book is part of a twelve-volume series documenting the history of German film from its beginnings in 1895 to the present day using the collection holdings of the Deutsche Kinemathek. Each volume in ePUB format focuses on a decade and offers a concise overview of the cinematic masterpieces and milestones of that era, highlights famous films and films to be rediscovered, and pays tribute to the cinema, its audience and the creative minds behind the diversity of German film.
The complete work, which comprises over 2,700 objects from all areas of the collection and spans 130 years, is also available as a printed book and as a PDF in German and English.
The DEUTSCHE KINEMATHEK is one of the world's leading institutions for the collection, preservation, and presentation of audio-visual heritage. Hundreds of thousands of objects are permanently preserved in its archives and are available for research into film and television history. In addition to scripts, photos, posters, costumes and designs, the collection also includes film equipment. The Kinemathek curates film series and exhibitions and restores and digitizes films. Its diverse activities, including installations, publications, educational formats, and conferences, encourage visitors to discover the world of moving images.
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Contents
Introduction
Before and After Reunification: Documentaries by Volker Koepp
Films by Christoph Schlingensief
DEFA's Last Youth Films
Posters for Comedies of the 1990s
The GDR and the Stasi: Questions to the Perpetrators
The Emergence of Multiplexes
Development of Film Criticism in Germany since the 1990s
Along History: Films by Andreas Dresen
Comedies by Helmut Dietl
The Children of Golzow: Observations of Life in the Oderbruch Region
Films by Pia Frankenberg
"Ecstatic Truths" in the Work of Werner Herzog
The Importance of Women Film Editors (II/II)
The Comic Adaptation Der bewegte Mann
Schindler's List in Germany
Science Fiction Films by Roland Emmerich
Two Films about Writing: Heinrich and Mein Herz - Niemandem! by Helma Sanders-Brahms
Lola rennt and the Founding of the Production Company X Filme
Post-Unification Berlin: Andreas Kleinert's Wege in die Nacht