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

Jakub Gortat (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

268 Seiten

2025
Brill (Verlag)
978-90-04-73461-6 (ISBN)

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The book examines several Austrian films made between 1945 and 1955 that are set during or shortly after World War II. Being an exception rather than a rule they offer a critique of the Nazi regime.

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 interested in dealing with the recent Nazi past of their country. There were, however, exceptions. Through detailed analysis of the narratives, stylistic patterns and reception of films that were set during or immediately after World War II, this book explains how cinema corroborated Austrian national self-stereotypes, at the same time offering a critique of the Nazi regime.

Jakub Gortat, Ph.D. (1987), is associate professor at the University of Lodz. He has published numerous articles on German and Austrian film and memory i.a. in New German Critique, German Studies Review, Journal of Austrian Studies and Holocaust Studies.

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

Erscheinungsdatum	07.08.2025
Reihe/Serie	Amsterdamer Beiträge zur neueren Germanistik ; 101
Verlagsort	Leiden
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	574 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Medienwissenschaft
ISBN-10	90-04-73461-9 / 9004734619
ISBN-13	978-90-04-73461-6 / 9789004734616
Zustand	Neuware