DEFA: East German Cinema 1946-1992 by Sen Allan (Hardcover) (New)

DEFAEast German Cinema 1946-1992\nAuthor(s): Sen Allan, John Sandford\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Berghahn Books, Incorporated, United States\nImprint: Berghahn Books, Incorporated\nISBN-13: 9781571819437, 978-1571819437\nSynopsis\nWestern scholars have not lost any of their fascination for East German culture. Cinema in particular continues to attract interest. This volume, the first one in English, traces the development of the main institution, the state-sponsored Deutsche Film Anstalt (DEFA), which was primarily responsible for film production in the former GDR from 1946, ceasing to exist in 1992. Although largely ignored outside the former GDR, the DEFA produced anumber of excellent films and scriptwriters that are examined here for the first time. This volume analyzes the representation of fascism and anti-fascism in the cinema of the 1940s and 1950s, the conflicts between the state and the film-makers of the 1960s, and the social-political criticism in the 1970s and early 19.