Author

Publication

1920 - Princeton University Press

Language

English

Word Count

78,000 words, Guess

Page Count

312 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

  • ISBN-100691031363
  • ISBN-139780691031361
  • LibraryThing9503573
  • Goodreads1378997
  • Library of Congress Control Number2008053044
and 3 more

Classifications

  • LCCPN1993.5.G3K295 2009
  • LCCPN1993.5.G3 K295 2009

Description

Shell Shock Cinema explores 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. Kae.

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