German Essays on Film

Richard W. McCormick is Director, Honors-College of Liberal Arts and Professor of German at the University of Minnesota. Alison Guenther-Pal teaches at the University of Minnesota in the Department of German, Scandanavian and Dutch.

• Introduction: Richard W. McCormick and Alison Guenther-Pal1. LATE WILHELMINE GERMANYArtists, Critics, and ScholarsALFRED DOBLINThe Theater of the Little PeopleHERBERT TANNENBAUMArt at the CinemaMALWINE RENNERTAn Abyss Not to Be BridgedGEORG LUKACSThoughts on an Aesthetics of CinemaWALTER SERNERCinema and the Desire to WatchHANNS HEINZ EWERSFilm and IMALWINE RENNERTWar FilmsEMILIE ALTENLOHFrom On the Sociology of the CinemaAll translated by Lance W. Garmer2. WEIMAR REPUBLIC, 1918-33Writers, Critics, and ArtistsHERBERT IHERINGAn Expressionist FilmTranslated by Lance W. GarmerCLAIRE GOLLAmerican CinemaTranslated by Lance W. GarmerHUGO VON HOFMANNSTHALThe Substitute for DreamsTranslated by Lance W. GarmerCARL EINSTEINThe Bankruptcy of German FilmsTranslated by Lance W. GarmerFRITZ LANGThe Artistic Composition of the Film DramaTranslated by Lance W. GarmerF.W. MURNAUThe Ideal Picture Needs No Titles: By Its Very Nature the Art of the Screen Should Tell a Complete Story PictoriallyTranslated by Theatre magazineTheoristsBELA BALAZSFrom The Visible HumanTranslated by Lance W. GarmerSIEGFRIED KRACAUERThe Little Shopgirls Go to the MoviesTranslated by Thomas Y. LevinBERTOLT BRECHTFrom The Three Penny Trial: A Sociological ExperimentTranslated by Lance W. GarmerRUDOLF ARNHEIMFrom FilmTranslated by L.M. Sieveking and Ian F.D. Morrow3. NAZI GERMANY 1933-45--AND THOSE WHO FLED....Artists and Bureaucrats in the "Third Reich"JOSEPH GOEBBELSDr. Goebbels's Speech at teh Kaiserhof on March 28, 1933LENI RIEFENSTAHLMay the Strength and Beauty of Youth Have Found Cinematic FormVEIT HARLANHistory and FilmFRITZ HIPPLERThe Formative Power of FilmHELMUT KAUTNERGratitude toward the TheaterAll translated by Lance W. GarmerIntellectuals in ExileMAX HORKHEIMER AND THEODOR W. ADORNOThe Culture Industry: Enlightenment as Mass DeceptionTranslated by John CummingSIEGFRIED KRACAUERIntroduction to From Caligari to Hitler: A Psychological History of German FilmLOTTE H. EISNERIntroduction to The Haunted Screen: Experssionism in the German Cinema and the Influcence of Max ReinhardtTranslated by Roger Greaves4. POSTWAR GERMANY: 1945 TO THE PRESENTFilm ArtistsWOLFGANG STAUDTEA Letter to the Central Military Commander of the Soviet Occupation ZoneTranslated by Lance W. GarmerGUNTER GROLL, HELMUT KAUTNER, AND WALTER TALMON-GOSEvery Audience, as Everybody Knows, Has the Film It DeservesTranslated by Lance W. GarmerTHE OBERHAUSEN MANIFESTOTranslated by Eric RentschlerALEXANDER KLUGEWhat Do the "Oberhauseners" Want?Translated by Eric RentschlerWOLFGANG STAUDTEA Reflection: Befouling Our Own Nest?Translated by Lance W. GarmerWIM WENDERSThat's Entertainment: HitlerTranslated and abridged by Eric RentschlerHELKE SANDERFeminism and FilmTranslated by Ramona CurryKONRAD WOLFOn the Possibilities of Socialist Film Art: Reactions to Mama, I'm AliveTranslated by Lance W. GarmerRAINER WERNER FASSBINDERFrom The Third GenerationTranslated by Krishna WinstonTHE MANIFESTO OF THE WOMEN FILM WORKERSTranslated by Eric RentschlerJUTTA BRUCKNERWomen's Films Are Searches for TracesTranslated by Antje MastenWOLFGANG KOHLHAASEDEFA: A Personal ViewTranslated by Margaret VallanceCritics, Scholars, and TheoristsENNO PATALASOn German Postwar FilmTranslated by Lance W. GarmerTHEODOR W. ADORNOTransparencies on FilmTranslated by Thomas Y. LevinGERTRUD KOCHEx-Changing the Gaze: Re-Visioning Feminist Film TheoryHEIDE SCHLUPMANNMelodrama and Social Drama in the Early German CinemaTranslated by Jamie Owen DanielKARSTEN WITTEThe Indivisible Legacy of Nazi CinemaBibliography: Primary Sources