Remembering National Socialism in Austrian Post-war Film (1945-1955) /

Remembering National Socialism in Austrian Post-war Film (1945-1955) /

Entrenched in the myth of being victim of the Nazi aggression, Austrian elites pursued a politics of memory that symbolically shook off any responsibility for the emergence, development and consequences of National Socialism. Authors of the vast majority of films produced early after 1945 were not i...

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Main Author: Gortat, Jakub (Author)

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2025.

Series: Amsterdamer Beiträge zur neueren Germanistik ; 101.
Literature and Cultural Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2026.

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Call Number: D410

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Table of Contents:
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • List of Figures
  • 8 Introduction
  • 9 National Socialism on the Margins of Film Narration
  •  1 Introduction
  •  2 National Socialism - Attention, Do Not Touch!
  •  3 Verlorenes Rennen
  •  4 Liebe Freundin
  •  5 Der Engel mit der Posaune
  •  6 Conclusion
  • 10 The Exceptional Case of Der Prozess (1948)
  •  1 Introduction
  •  2 Encoded Message
  •  3 Between Antisemitism and Philosemitism
  •  4 The Reception
  •  5 Conclusion
  • 11 Heimkehrer Films (1946-1948)
  •  1 Introduction
  •  2 Arlberg-Express
  •  3 An klingenden Ufern
  •  4 Nach dem Sturm
  •  5 Die Sonnhofbäuerin
  •  6 Gottes Engel sind überall
  •  7 Der weite Weg
  •  8 Conclusion
  • 12 The Anti-Nazi Resistance in Film (1948-1949)
  •  1 Introduction
  •  2 Das andere Leben
  •  3 Die Frau am Weg
  •  4 Duell mit dem Tod
  •  5 Conclusion
  • 13 War Dramas (1954-1955)
  •  1 Introduction
  •  2 Die letzte Brücke
  •  3 Der letzte Akt
  •  4 Conclusion
  • 14 Conclusion
  • Appendix 1
  • Appendix 2
  • References
  • Index.