This course will provide a survey of some of the most significant German contributions to the history of cinema. We will watch and discuss one film every week and use additional source materials to illuminate each film's social, political, and cultural context. Our itinerary will include famous films from the Weimar Republic, consider Nazi cinema, engage with GDR cinema, explore the New German Cinema, and finally will conclude with contemporary German and Austrian film. All course materials, discussions, and papers will be in German. |