Frances Guerin is a lecturer in film studies at the University of Kent, Canterbury.

• Contents Acknowledgments Introduction 1. The Electrification of Life, Cinema, and Art 2. Bringing Cinema to Life through Light: German Film to World War I 3. Legends of Light and Shadow: The Mythical Past in Algol and Schatten 4. The Spell of Light: Cinema as Modern Magic in Faust, Der Golem, Siegfried, and Metropolis 5. Reformulations of Space through Light in Die Strasse, Jenseits der Strasse, and Am Rande der Welt 6. Dazzled by the Profusion of Lights: Technological Entertainment in Variete and Sylvester Conclusion Notes Index

Frances Guerin is a lecturer in film studies at the University of Kent, Canterbury.

• Contents Acknowledgments Introduction 1. The Electrification of Life, Cinema, and Art 2. Bringing Cinema to Life through Light: German Film to World War I 3. Legends of Light and Shadow: The Mythical Past in Algol and Schatten 4. The Spell of Light: Cinema as Modern Magic in Faust, Der Golem, Siegfried, and Metropolis 5. Reformulations of Space through Light in Die Strasse, Jenseits der Strasse, and Am Rande der Welt 6. Dazzled by the Profusion of Lights: Technological Entertainment in Variete and Sylvester Conclusion Notes Index

Frances Guerin is a lecturer in film studies at the University of Kent, Canterbury.

• Contents Acknowledgments Introduction 1. The Electrification of Life, Cinema, and Art 2. Bringing Cinema to Life through Light: German Film to World War I 3. Legends of Light and Shadow: The Mythical Past in Algol and Schatten 4. The Spell of Light: Cinema as Modern Magic in Faust, Der Golem, Siegfried, and Metropolis 5. Reformulations of Space through Light in Die Strasse, Jenseits der Strasse, and Am Rande der Welt 6. Dazzled by the Profusion of Lights: Technological Entertainment in Variete and Sylvester Conclusion Notes Index