TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kracauer,Siegfried
AU  - Quaresima,Leonardo
TI  - From Caligari to Hitler: a psychological history of the German film 
SN  - 9780691115191 (pbk.) :
U1  - 791.4'3'0943'09041 22
PY  - 2004///
CY  - Princeton, N.J., Oxford
PB  - Princeton University Press
KW  - Motion pictures
KW  - Germany
KW  - History
KW  - Psychological aspects
KW  - National socialism and motion pictures
KW  - Performing Arts
KW  - eflch
N1  - Previous ed.: 1947; Includes bibliographical references and index; List of Illustrations; Editor's Note; Introduction to the 2004 Edition; Preface; Introduction; I: THE ARCHAIC PERIOD (1895-1918); 1. Peace and War; 2. Forebodings; 3. Genesis of Ufa; II: THE POSTWAR PERIOD (1918-1924); 4. The Shock of Freedom; 5. Caligari; 6. Procession of Tyrants; 7. Destiny; 8. Mute Chaos; 9. Crucial Dilemma; 10. From Rebellion to Submission; III: THE STABILIZED PERIOD (1924-1929); 11. Decline; 12. Frozen Ground; 13. The Prostitute and the Adolescent; 14. The New Realism; 15. Montage; 16. Brief Reveille; IV: THE PRE-HITLER PERIOD (1930-1933); 17. Songs and Illusions; 18. Murderer Among Us; 19. Timid Heresies; 20. For a Better World; 21. National Epic; SUPPLEMENT: PROPAGANDA AND THE NAZI WAR FILM; 1. Nazi Views and Measures; 2. Film Devices; 3. The Swastika World; 4. Screen Dramaturgy; 5. Conflict with Reality; Note on the Inaccuracies; Bibliography; Updated Bibliography; Name Index; Film Index; Specialized
N2  - A classic of modern film historiography, this text explores the connections between film aesthetics, the prevailing psychological state of Germans in the Weimar era, & the evolving social & political reality of the time
ER  -