Shell Shock Cinema: Weimar Culture and the Wounds of War

by Anton Kaes

Book Overview

How war trauma haunted the films of Weimar Germany

Shell Shock Cinema explores how the classical German cinema of the Weimar Republic was haunted by the horrors of World War I and the the devastating effects of the nation's defeat. In this exciting new book, Anton Kaes argues that masterworks such as The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, Nosferatu, The Nibelungen, and Metropolis, even though they do not depict battle scenes...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691008507
• ISBN13: 9780691008509
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"