Beyond Caligari: The Films of Robert Wiene
While the Cabinet of Dr. Caligari became an international film classic, its director, Robert Wiene, was disparaged and even forgotten. Wiene's oeuvre, however, exhibits a surprising versatility and quality, featuring Raskolnikov, an expressionist adaptation of Dostoevsky's novel, INRI, a monumental Bible epic, Orlac's Hands, a psychological thriller, and Der Rosenkavalier, an ambitious opera film. His last film, Ultimatum(1938), is a vehement warning of approaching war, which remains relevant today. With painstaking research of the major European film archives, the author's detailed portrait reveals a career far more differentiated than hithe…
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Weitere Autoren: Schatzberg, Walter
- ISBN: 978-1-57181-196-7
- EAN: 9781571811967
- Produktnummer: 16606112
- Verlag: Berghahn Books Inc
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 1999
- Seitenangabe: 240 S.
- Masse: H21.6 cm x B14.0 cm x D1.3 cm 327 g
- Gewicht: 327
Über den Autor
Walter Schatzberg is a professor of German and an adjunct professor of screen studies at Clark University. His research interests include the history of German-Jewish culture and German film history.
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