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New J-Term Course: LACS/GRMN 259 The Postwar German Film

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Explore the social and political landscape of postwar Germany from 1945 to the present.

LACS/GRMN 259 The Postwar German Film
MTWR: 10:00AM-12:45PM
Prof. Jason Doerre

This course will explore the social and political landscape of postwar Germany from 1945 to the present by looking at a broad range of films from East and West Germany, and Austria, that encompass a wide variety of genres, filmmakers, and movements. The themes examined will include, but not be limited to, the creation of a new cinema after World War II, filmmaking during the Cold War, avant-garde cinema, German history through film, socially critical cinema, and Germany today. Directors will include Wolfgang Staudte, Volker Schlöndorff, R.W. Fassbinder, Werner Herzog, Margarethe von Trotta, Fatih Akin, and Christian Petzold.