The Haunted Screen: Expressionism in the German Cinema and the Influence of Max Reinhardt

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The Haunted Screen: Expressionism in the German Cinema and the Influence of Max Reinhardt

EISNER, Lotte H.; GREAVESL, Roger (trans.)

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Films discussed include: The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, Raskolnikow, Der Müde Tod, Der Schatz, The Golem, Nosferatu, Die Nibelungen, Metropolis, Tartuffe, Faust, Diary of a Lost Girl, Pandora's Box, etc. Topics: the beginnings of Expressionist film; the influence of Max Reinhardt, Lubitsch and the costume film; the obsession with corridors and staircases; the mobile camera, the Absolute film; censorship and Pabst's realism, the decline of the German film; the coming of sound; Leni Riefenstahl, the post-Nazi era. Appendix, list of principal works mentioned, selective filmography 1913-33, index.

Publication Info

  • Publisher: University of California Press
  • Edition: First edition thus. First published in France in 1952. Translation and new material by Thames & Hudson 1969
  • Date Published: 1969
  • Place Published: Berkeley
  • ISBN: n/a

Details

  • Condition: Very good
  • Signed: No
  • Dust Jacket: Yes
  • Jacket Condition: Very good
  • Details:
    360 p. 24 cm. B&w illustrations. Red cloth in mylar-covered dustjacket. Front flap price clipped. Light wear to jacket edges. Corners and spine ends a bit bumped. Ink signature on front endpaper.

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