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Synopsis
Weimar Cinema Examines three films of the postwar, stabilization, and prefascist period: Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler (1922), People on Sunday (1929), and Kuhle Wampe (1932). Drawing on the ideas of Brecht, each chapter examines the way these films invite sophisticated readings through the use of distinct visual and narrative strategies. They also draw attention to the social function of cinema in Germany's first republic.