: Germany's historical imaginary Thomas Elsaesser creator Thomas Elsaesser text Motion pictures-inéma -- Allemagne -- Histoire. xxu London ; New York : Routledge, cop . 2000 monographic eng

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VIII-472 p. ; 24 cm Offering a framework for understanding German film of the 1920s, the author shows how films such as "The Cabinet of Dr Caligari", "Pandora's Box" and "The Blue Angel" are key films in defining a nation uneasy with itself and troubled by a modernity that was to have devastating consequences. 1. Haunted Screens, Caligari's Cabinets and a German Studio-System 2. In the Realm of the Look: Lang, Lubitsch, Murnau and Pabst 3. Transparent Duplicities: Comedy, Opera, Operetta 4. After Weimar: Avantgarde and Modernisation, Emigration and Film Noir /Thomas Elsaesser Arts 791.43094 ELS 9780415012355 SARAS Books ;2/31,Ansari Road,Darya Ganj,New Delhi-110002 180903 20180903202323.0