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Author:   Rolf Giesen ,  J.P. Storm
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9780786446407

ISBN 10:   0786446404
Pages:   245
Publication Date:   10 August 2012
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Acknowledgments Preface  1. Optical Lyric and Shadow Plays: The Early History of German Animation  2. The March of the Cigarettes  3. Tilo Voss and the Development of German Sound Cartoons  4. How Walt Disney Became Walter Distler: Snow White for Greater Germany  5. Global Power for German Trickfilm  6. Puppet Films: Starevich, Mecki the Hedgehog, the Diehl Brothers and Jürgen Clausen, the German “Pal”  7. An Animation Pioneer with a ­Non-­Aryan Background: Wolfgang Kaskeline  8. The Phenomenology and Psychology of Cartoons  9. Hans Held, Troublemaker 10. Kurt Stordel and Purzel: A ­Self-­Proclaimed German Walt Disney and His Dwarf Between pages 64 and 65 are 8 color plates containing 15 photographs. 11. Towards a German Disney Empire 12. The Futile Dream of a German Cartoon Factory: Rise and Fall of Deutsche Zeichenfilm G.m.b.H. 13. Snow Man and ­Weather-­Beaten Melody: Hans Fischerkoesen and Horst Von Möllendorff 14. A Surprising Underwater Cartoon from Prague: Wedding at Coral Sea 15. Deutsche Wochenshau and the “Collaborators” of the Europäischer Zeichenfilm Ring 16. Bavaria, Munchausen and the Town Musicians of Bremen 17. Animated Maps to Hail German Victories: Svend Noldan 18. Classified Animation: Training the Military 19. The Aftermath: The Postwar Era of German Animation 20. The Filmmakers: Biographies 21. Select Filmography Chapter Notes Bibliography Index

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Rolf Giesen, a former visiting professor of animation at the Communication University of China and president of an animation museum in Changchun, China, has compiled a special effects collection for Deutsche Kinemathek in Berlin and has co-written several animation features. He is an expert on early fantasy and science fiction films.

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