Eternal beauty [videorecording] : vision and death wish in the Third Reich / a film by Marcel Schwierin.
2003
D810.P7 G35 2007
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Title
Eternal beauty [videorecording] : vision and death wish in the Third Reich / a film by Marcel Schwierin.
Parallel Title
Ewige Schönheit : Vision und Todessehnsucht im Dritten Reich
Cover Title
Eternal beauty? : the story of the Third Reich through its own propaganda
Publication Details
[Berlin, Germany] : Marcel Schwierin, 2003 ; Princeton, NJ : distributed by Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 2007.
Language
English
Language Note
German and English language soundtracks with English subtitles.
Description
1 videodisc (92 min.) : sd., b&w with col. sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Call Number
D810.P7 G35 2007
Dewey Decimal Classification
943.086
Distributor No.
37605 Films for the Humanities & Sciences
Summary
"This is an essay on the aesthetics of National Socialist film. The history of the Third Reich is investigated in light of its own image making. Which hopes, desires and fears are reflected in these images? The film unfolds chronologically, with original material from 1918 to 1945. The focus of this film is the analysis of National Socialist documentary and 'Kultur-Film', which staged a media-produced world of illusions whose destructive intent is apparent from the very beginning." -- creator's website.
"No other totalitarian regime is as closely associated with an artistic movement as Nazi Germany. From the towering architecture of Albert Speer to the grandiose films of Leni Riefenstahl, art fed into and shaped Nazi ideals, reflecting back a world where Aryan strength triumphs over all enemies. Through art on a monumental scale, Hitler created a world--and a worldview--as enticing as it was illusory...a world of eternal beauty. This program definitively examines the history of the Third Reich through the lens of its own artistic iconography--films that promoted German superiority, demonized Jews, encouraged love of the fatherland, and hid the fact that the nation, after reverses on every front, was steadily losing the war." -- distributor's website.
"No other totalitarian regime is as closely associated with an artistic movement as Nazi Germany. From the towering architecture of Albert Speer to the grandiose films of Leni Riefenstahl, art fed into and shaped Nazi ideals, reflecting back a world where Aryan strength triumphs over all enemies. Through art on a monumental scale, Hitler created a world--and a worldview--as enticing as it was illusory...a world of eternal beauty. This program definitively examines the history of the Third Reich through the lens of its own artistic iconography--films that promoted German superiority, demonized Jews, encouraged love of the fatherland, and hid the fact that the nation, after reverses on every front, was steadily losing the war." -- distributor's website.
Note
Also distributed internationally by Journeyman Pictures.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2003.
Narrator, Megan Gay.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2003.
Narrator, Megan Gay.
Credits
Written, directed, produced and distributed by Marcel Schwierin ; Editor, Christoph Girardet ; music, Peter Gotthardt.
System Details Note
DVD.
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