Remapping the World in Film: Fiction and Truth in Nazi Cinema

Daffner, Carola 2011. Remapping the World in Film: Fiction and Truth in Nazi Cinema. New Readings 11 , pp. 37-48. 10.18573/newreadings.75

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Abstract

The enquiry sheds new light on three blockbusters produced under National Socialism: Leni Riefenstahl's famous propaganda piece Triumph of the Will (1934), Veit Harlan's anti-Semitic hate film Jew Süss (1940) and Josef von Baky's fantasy comedy Münchhausen (1943). In their frequent use of collective imaginative geographies, all three movies approach 'truth' and 'authenticity' via depictions of geographical patterns. My reading of these films popular in the Third Reich highlights the how and why of place manipulation. The article further explores Nazi cinema's complex amalgam of visual aesthetics and geopolitics, yielding possible insights into the regime’s specific contradictions.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Modern Languages
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > B Philosophy (General) D History General and Old World > D History (General) > D731 World War II D History General and Old World > DD Germany H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) J Political Science > JA Political science (General) P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) > PN1993 Motion Pictures
Publisher:	Cardiff University Press
ISSN:	1359-7485
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	17 January 2020
Last Modified:	05 May 2023 14:44
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/128865

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