GRM-466 Nazi Cinema and Culture

Prerequisite: two German courses numbered 300 or greater
Exploration of the history and the aesthetics of fascist cinema focused on Nazi Germany. During the years between the Nazis’ rise to power in 1933 and the end of World War II in 1945, cinema was part and parcel of the fascist state, leading some critics to speculate whether the “Third Reich” was perhaps “movie-made.” Analysis of productions, such as Leni Riefenstahl’s Triumph of the Will and Veit Harlan’s Jud Suess, their functions, pre-histories and their afterlives. 4 credits.