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

Erscheinungsjahr 2025
ISBN: 978-90-04-73461-6
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 101, 260 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm

Reihe: Amsterdamer Beiträge zur neueren Germanistik

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gortat, Jakub

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Militärgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Filmwissenschaft, Fernsehen, Radio Filmtheorie, Filmanalyse

Über Autor(innen)

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.