Beyond Caligari: The Films of Robert Wiene

Author:   Uli Jung ,  Walter Schatzberg
Publisher:   Berghahn Books, Incorporated
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9781571811561


Pages:   240
Publication Date:   17 June 1999
Format:   Hardback
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Beyond Caligari: The Films of Robert Wiene


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This documentary account of the work of a leading director and scriptwriter of German silent films provides a detailed examination of the films he made during the various periods of his career with background information on his life.'

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Author:   Uli Jung ,  Walter Schatzberg
Publisher:   Berghahn Books, Incorporated
Imprint:   Berghahn Books, Incorporated
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9781571811561


ISBN 10:   1571811567
Pages:   240
Publication Date:   17 June 1999
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter 1. Wiene's Life and Film Career Chapter 2. Wiene's Pre-Caligari Film Career Chapter 3. The Cabinet of Dr. Cagliari Chapter 4. Post-Cagliari-Period Films 1920-1921 Chapter 5. Films for the Lionardo and Neumann Production Companies 1922-1924 Chapter 6. The Viennese Films 1924-1926 Chapter 7. The Last Silent Films: Berlin 1927-1929 Chapter 8. The Sound Films 1930-1938 Filmography Bibliography Index

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The enormous amount of painstaking archival research that the authors undertook in Europe and in the U.S. makes this book an invaluable resource for studying Wiene's films and Weimar film in general. * The German Quarterly A superb filmography, excellent notes and bibliography. Careful, resourceful archival research. Make(s) available for the first time contemporary critical responses in the form of useful synopses. * CHOICE


Author Information

Uli Jung is a film historian who received his training at the RWTH Aachen, Clark University, Worcester, and Trier University. He has been working as a freelance researcher for the Cinématèque Municipale de Luxembourg and co-edited its series Filmgeschichte international.

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