Includes as supplement (p. [273]-331) "Propaganda and the Nazi war film" which, with a few changes, is a reprint of the author's pamphlet of the same title issued in 1942 by the Museum of modern art Film library. cf. p. [273].
Bibliography
Includes bibliographic references (pages 333-346) and index.
Contents
The archaic period (1895-1918). Peace and war -- Forebodings -- Genesis of UFA -- The postwar period (1918-1924). The shock of freedom -- Caligari -- Procession of tyrants -- Destiny -- Mute chaos -- Crucial dilemma -- From rebellion to submission -- The stabilized period (1924-1929). Decline -- Frozen ground -- The prostitute and the adolescent -- The new realism -- Montage -- Brief reveille -- The pre-Hitler period (1930-1933). Songs and illusions -- Murderer among us -- Timid heresies -- For a better world -- National epic -- Supplement : propaganda and the Nazi war film. Nazi views and measures -- Film devices -- The swastika world -- Conflict with reality.
