Since the fall of the Berlin Wall, there has been a proliferation of German historical films. These productions have earned prestigious awards and scored at box offices both at home and abroad, where they count among the most popular German films of all time. Suddenly, however, a significant departure has been made from the country's prominent cinematic take on history: the radical style, content, and politics of the New German Cinema. With in-depth analyses of the major trends and films, this book represents a comprehensive assessment of the historical film in postwall Germany....

..".a highly inspirational and very readable book." - H-Soz-u-Kult

..".his highly original contribution to historiography reconsiders the "historical turn" in recent German cinema, framing it as also indicative of a cinephilic reworking of the history of the cinema, effectively remediating previous filmic representations of history." - Seminar: A Journal of Germanic Studies

"This book will make an important contribution to the growing body of literature on contemporary German film. ... The discussion of Das Wunder von Bern, Baader and Die Unberuhrbare in particular...

This volume looks at the significance and range of ethical questions that pertain to various film practices. Diverse philosophical traditions provide useful frameworks to discuss spectators affective and emotional engagement with film, which can function as a moral ground for one s connection to others and to the world outside the self. These traditions encompass theories of emotion, phenomenology, the philosophy of compassion, and analytic and continental ethical thinking and environmental ethics. This anthology is one of the first volumes to open up a dialogue among these diverse...