German Literature Resources: Film / Theater

Mainstream, alternative, and experimental film from 1895 to the present. Includes a chronology, introductory essay, appendix of the 100 most significant German films, a bibliography, and hundreds of entries on directors, actors, films, cinematographers, composers, producers, and major historical events.

This condensed and revised English-language edition contains introductory essays on specific periods and movements including Early Film, Weimar, Nazi Cinema, DEFA, New German Cinema, and post-unification German film, as well as on cinematic developments in Austria and Switzerland. Profiles directors, actors, writers, cameramen, composers, production designers, film theorists and critics, producers and distributors, inventors and manufacturers.

Entries on directors, actors, films, cinematographers, composers, producers, and major historical events that greatly affected the direction and development of German cinema.

2015 (2nd ed.)