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Conspiring Saint, The: Memories of Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1989 Video)

aka: Saint Who Conspires, A: Remembering Dietrich BonhÖffer

Producer

Hava Beller

Subject

German studies; History

Distribution

out of distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 44 min.

Portrait of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a German Protestant theologian who died on 9 April 1945 in Flossenbürg concentration camp. Looks at his fight against National Socialism; as an important theologian he was...

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Thalia Among Ruins (1982 Video)

Director

Irmgard von zur Mühlen

Subject

Drama; German studies

Distribution

out of distribution, Videocassette. VHS. b&w. 57 min.

Traces the beginnings of a divided theatrical development which takes place in Berlin after 1945 under the influence of political realities and which leads not only to differences in content but also to...

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Freedom and Unity (1994 Video)

Subject

German studies; History

Distribution

out of distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 48 min.

Sketches the development of parliamentary thought and institutions in Germany from the beginning of the 19th century, when Germany was still fragmented into many individual states, to the present day. Looks...

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German Theatre (6 Parts) (1990 Video)

Subject

Drama; German studies

Distribution

out of distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 6 x 30 min.

Series on the history of the theatre in Germany. 1: Covers the period from 1760 to the Nazi era in 1933. 2: Typical German theatres, including extracts from shows and a look behind the scenes at the...

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Alois Gugutzer, Projectionist (1979 Video)

Subject

Media studies

Distribution

out of distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 95 min.

Documentary showing the projectionist Alois Gugutzer at work in the projection room and his relationship to the cinema.

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Opus I-Iv (1928 Video)

Subject

Media studies

Distribution

out of distribution, Videocassette. VHS. silent. b&w. 8 min.

Experimental film of the Bauhaus student Walter Ruttman. Without commentary.

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Man and Masque (1968 Film, Video)

Subject

Dance; Drama

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Activities of the Bauhaus of Oskar Schlemmer included ballet, which was first revealed in 1922 in his ‘Triadic Ballet’. The film shows the ‘Metal Dance’, ‘Space Dance’, ‘Flats Dance’ and the...

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The Use and Abuse of Cinema

Date

24 Aug 2016, 10:01

Author

Ben Hodson

Post Type

BUFVC Review

The Use and Abuse of Cinema: German Legacies from the Weimar Era to the Present by Eric Rentschler (Columbia University Press, 2015), 464 pages, ISBN: 978-0231073639 (paperback), £24.00. About the...

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Ufa: Myth and Reality (1995 Video)

Director

Erwin Leisner

Subject

Media studies

Distribution

out of distributin, Videocassette. VHS. col. 3 x 45 min.

A history of the Universum Film AG (UFa), an influential film production company in Germany. Part 1 covers the period from its founding in 1917 to 1932 and includes excerpts from films including BOMBEN AUF...

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German Resistance to Hitler (7 Parts) (1994 Video)

Director

Michael Kloft

Subject

German studies; History

Distribution

out of distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 7 x 30 min., Free loan (each part is complete in itself and is available separately)

A series describing all aspects of resistance against Hitler and National Socialism, beginning with a trailer film and continuing through the resistance of the workers’ movement, the churches, the...

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