Heroic Sacrifice: On Fascism and Totalitarianism in Cold War Cinema
Friday, April 2, 2010 - 2:00 p.m.
HARVILL 204
Sabine Hake, Professor of German Literature and Culture, University of Texas, Austin
The first German films about the Third Reich were made in the 1950s, with filmmakers in east and west seeking to explain the rise of the Nazis and the continued attractions of fascism. These differences reflect not only conflicting interpretations of German history on both sides of the Iron Curtain but also competing attempts at utilizing this history in the ideological confrontations of the Cold War. This talk reconstructs the complicated relationship between fascism, antifascism, and totalitarianism through a number of important films from the period, including "The Devil's General" (1956) and the two-part "Ernst Thälmann" (1955-56).
This event is co-sponsored by the Department of History and the School of Media Arts Visiting Artists Program.
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