Triumph of Propaganda

Hilmar Hoffmann is the founder of the Oberhausen International Film Festival and of the German Film Museum in Frankfurt. He is Honorary Professor of Film Studies at Marburg University, an Honorary Member of Tel Aviv University, and a member of the panels of judges for the Moscow, Karlsbad, Locarno, and Cannes film festivals. For twenty years he served on the City Council of Frankfurt, where he as responsible for cultural affairs. He has been President of the Goethe Institutes since 1993.

• PrefaceChapter 1. The Symbolic Value of Flags and BannersChapter 2. The Flag in Feature FilmsChapter 3. Reasons for the Rise of HitlerChapter 4. Film and Propaganda in the Third ReichChapter 5. The Nonfictional Genres of Nazi Film PropagandaThe Cultural and Educational FilmThe DocumentaryThe Compilation FilmThe NewsreelSelect BibliographyIndex of NamesIndex of Film Titles

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