Synopses & Reviews
Before the rise of television, the cinema was a key medium of entertainment and information. The Nazi regime, which inherited the largest film industry outside Hollywood, realised this, with some of the most memorable images of Hitler and his party coming from Leni Riefenstahl's film Triumph of the Will. Susan Tegel has written a comprehensive account of the films made in Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945, including the notorious feature film, Jud Süss, and the compilation documentary Der Ewige Jude. She explores in detail how the film makers were controlled and used by the regime and examines other less well-known films featuring Jewish characters and how their image differed from film to film. She also looks at the industry itself, its reorganization, funding, the interventions of the Propaganda Ministry headed by Goebbels, the compromises which people had to make, the careerism and the dangers which some faced either of unemployment or worse.
Synopsis
This is a comprehensive account of the films made in Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945, including the notorious feature film, Jd Suss, and the documentary Der Ewige Jude. She explores in detail how the film makers were controlled and used by the regime and how less well-known films featuring Jewish characters, were portrayed in different ways.
Synopsis
Before the rise of television, the cinema was a key medium of entertainment and information. The Nazi regime, which inherited the largest film industry outside Hollywood, realised this, with some of the most memorable images of Hitler and his party coming from Leni Riefenstahl's film Triumph of the Will. Susan Tegel has written a comprehensive account of the films made in Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945, including the notorious feature film, Jud Süss, and the compilation documentary Der Ewige Jude. She explores in detail how the film makers were controlled and used by the regime and examines other less well-known films featuring Jewish characters and how their image differed from film to film. She also looks at the industry itself, its reorganization, funding, the interventions of the Propaganda Ministry headed by Goebbels, the compromises which people had to make, the careerism and the dangers which some faced either of unemployment or worse.
Table of Contents
IllustrationsPrefaceAcknowledgements1. Hitler: Image-Building2. Nazi Propaganda3. The German Film Industry to 19184. Weimar Cinema5. The German Film Industry 1933-19456. The
Kampfzeit Films, 1933 7. Leni Riefenstahl's
Triumph of the Will8. A
Judenfrei Cinema: 1934-19389. Two German Comedies (1939)10. The Rothschilds and
Jud Süss 11.
Der Ewige Jude (1940)12. The Second World War13. Film and the 'Final Solution'14. Theresienstadt15. LiberationNotesFilmographyBibliographyIndex