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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Produktdetails
Weitere Autoren: Schatzberg, Walter
- ISBN: 978-1-57181-156-1
- EAN: 9781571811561
- Produktnummer: 19793300
- Verlag: Berghahn Books
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 1999
- Seitenangabe: 256 S.
- Masse: H23.5 cm x B15.7 cm x D1.8 cm 528 g
- Abbildungen: HC gerader Rücken kaschiert
- Gewicht: 528
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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