Between Two Worlds : The Jewish Presence in German and Austrian Film, 1910-1933

S. S. Prawer

ISBN 10: 1845453034 / ISBN 13: 9781845453039

Edité par Berghahn Books, 2007

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nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Jews have been well represented in the cinema industry from the beginning of the film era: behind the screen, as producers, distributors, directors, script-writers, composers, set designers; and on the screen, as Jewish actors and as named Jewish characters in the film's plot. Some of these characters are fictional; others, ranging from Rabbi Loew of Prague to Ferdinand Lassalle and Alfred Dreyfus, have a historic original. This book examines how a variety of German and Austrian films treat aspects of Jewish life, at home and in the synagogue, and Jewish interaction with fellow Jews in different cultural environments; conflicts and accommodations between Jews and non-Jews at various times, ranging from the medieval to the contemporary. The author, one of the best known scholars in film history, theory and criticism, offers the reader a rich panorama of the many Jews involved in all spheres of the cinema and who, as the author reminds us repeatedly, together with their non-Jewish contemporaries, created a great industry and new forms of art.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Between Two Worlds : The Jewish Presence in German and Austrian Film, 1910-1933
• Éditeur: Berghahn Books
• Date de parution: 2007
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 1845453034
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9781845453039
• Reliure: Taschenbuch
• État de l'article: Neu
• Dimensions: 229 L x 152 H x 14 P (en millimètres) 229 millimètres de largeur par 152 millimètres de hauteur par 14 millimètres de profondeur
• Poids: 357 grammes

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Synopsis

Jews have been well represented in the cinema industry from the beginning of the film era: behind the screen, as producers, distributors, directors, script-writers, composers, set designers; and on the screen, as Jewish actors and as named Jewish characters in the film's plot. Some of these characters are fictional; others, ranging from Rabbi Loew of Prague to Ferdinand Lassalle and Alfred Dreyfus, have a historic original. This book examines how a variety of German and Austrian films treat aspects of Jewish life, at home and in the synagogue, and Jewish interaction with fellow Jews in different cultural environments; conflicts and accommodations between Jews and non-Jews at various times, ranging from the medieval to the contemporary. The author, one of the best known scholars in film history, theory and criticism, offers the reader a rich panorama of the many Jews involved in all spheres of the cinema and who, as the author reminds us repeatedly, together with their non-Jewish contemporaries, created a great industry and new forms of art.

À propos de l'auteur

S. S. Prawer (1925-2012) was a Fellow of The Queen's College, Oxford, the British Academy, and the German Academy of Language and Literature.