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
"Honor Crimes" and the Struggle for Self-Determination
The Filmmaker Tatjana Turanskyj
Genre and Auteur Films
Biopics as Musicals
Right-Wing Terror in the Twenty-First Century
Ulrike Ottinger's Ethnological Travels
Costume Design in Period Films
Cinematic Dystopia: Tim Fehlbaum's Hell
The Present in Christian Petzold's Historical Narration
Margarethe von Trotta Portrays Hannah Arendt
Culture Clash Comedies: The Film Series Fack Ju Göhte
Developments in Gay Cinema
Social Criticism: The Director Johannes Naber
Lesbian-Queer Self-Searching
Fritz Bauer in Films
Toni Erdmann by Maren Ade
Hape Kerkeling: Ich bin dann mal weg
Film Stars (VI/VI)
Uli Hanisch Transforms the Filming Location Berlin
Ich war zuhause, aber by Angela Schanelec
Identity and Power Relations: Films by Maria Schrader
Social Criticism in Nora Fingscheidt's Systemsprenger
Films by Andreas Dresen: History and the Individual
The Film Architect Silke Buhr
Fatih Akin's Physical Cinema
Schools of Seeing: Artists' Biographies
Films by Edward Berger
Commitment to Audiovisual Heritage