Between Two Worlds - The Jewish Presence in German and Austrian Film, 1910-1933

Informationen zum Autor S. S. Prawer (1925-2012) was a Fellow of The Queen's College, Oxford, the British Academy, and the German Academy of Language and Literature. Klappentext Jews have been well represented in the cinema industry from the beginning of the film era: behind the screen, as producers, distributors, directors, script-writers, composers, set designers; and on the screen, as Jewish actors and as named Jewish characters in the film's plot. Some of these characters are fictional; others, ranging from Rabbi Loew of Prague to Ferdinand Lassalle and Alfred Dreyfus, have a historic original. This book examines how a variety of German and Austrian films treat aspects of Jewish life, at home and in the synagogue, and Jewish interaction with fellow Jews in different cultural environments; conflicts and accommodations between Jews and non-Jews at various times, ranging from the medieval to the contemporary. The author, one of the best known scholars in film history, theory and criticism, offers the reader a rich panorama of the many Jews involved in all spheres of the cinema and who, as the author reminds us repeatedly, together with their non-Jewish contemporaries, created a great industry and new forms of art. Zusammenfassung Examines how a variety of German and Austrian films treat aspects of Jewish life, at home and in the synagogue, and Jewish interaction with fellow Jews in different cultural environments. This book offers the reader information on the many Jews involved in all spheres of the cinema and who created a great industry and new forms of art. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Acknowledgements Chapter 1. Preparing the Ground Chapter 2. Dramas and Melodramas of the ‘Silent’ Period Chapter 3. Comedies of the ‘Silent’ Period Chapter 4. ‘Enlightenment’ Films (Sittenfilme) Chapter 5. 1929: A Year of Transition Chapter 6. Ironic Realism Chapter 7. Late Comedies Chapter 8. Confrontations and Enmities Chapter 9. A New Film Musical Epilogue Appendix Bibliography Index ...

Product details

• Authors: S. S. Prawer, Prawer S. S.
• Publisher: BERGHAHN BOOKS, INC
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.09.2007
• EAN: 9781845453039
• ISBN: 978-1-84545-303-9
• No. of pages: 240
• Series: Film Europa
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; austria, Germany, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Jewish Studies, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Entertainment, Jewish Studies, c 1914 to c 1918 (including WW1), c 1919 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), c 1918 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), PERFORMING ARTS / Film / General, Film, TV and Radio industries, Cinema Industry, Relating to Jewish people and groups, C 1900 - C 1914, c 1900 to c 1909, c 1914 to c 1918 (World War One period), Social groups: religious groups and communities, Film and Television Studies, Jewish Studies