East German Cinema

PART I: EAST GERMAN CINEMA 1. East German Cinema as State Institution 2. Reciprocities and Tensions: DEFA and the East German Entertainment Industry 3. A Cultural Legacy: DEFA's Afterlife PART II. FREEZES AND THAWS: CANONIZING DEFA 4. The Rubble Film, Wolfgang Staudte, and Post-War German cinema: Die Mörder sind unter uns (The Murderers Are Among Us) 5. Fairytales and Children's Films as Eternal Blockbusters: Die Geschichte vom Kleinen Muck (The Story of Little Mook) 6. The Gegenwartsfilm, West Berlin as Hostile Other, and East Germany as Homeland: The Rebel Film Berlin – Ecke Schönhauser (Berlin Schönhauser Corner) 7. The Birth of DEFA Genre Cinema, East German Sci-fi Films, New Technologies, and Co-production with Eastern Europe: Der schweigende Stern (Silent Star) 8. Film Censorship, the East German Nouvelle Vague, and the 'Rabbit Films': Das Kaninchen bin ich (The Rabbit is Me) 9. Renegade films, DEFA Musicals, and the genre cinema: Heißer Sommer (Hot Summer) 10. More Genre Cinema,The 'Red Western,' and Stardom in East Germany: Apachen (Apaches) 11. Gender, Class, and Sexuality: Ending Taboos in Die Legende von Paul und Paula (The Legend of Paul and Paula) 12. DEFA and the Holocaust, the Antifascist Legacy, and International Acclaim: Jakob der Lügner (Jacob the Liar) 13. The Women's Film, Konrad Wolf, and DEFA After the 'Biermann Affair': Solo Sunny 14. Passed by History: Dystopia, Parable, and Bookend: Die Architekten (The Architects) 15. The Wendeflicks, Jörg Foth, and DEFA after censorship: Letztes aus der Da-Da-eR (Latest from the Da-Da-eR)