Media have become extremely important channels for deploying ideology
among viewers, readers and listeners worldwide. When film represents
history, it inevitably re-shapes, re-interpretes and re-creates history for its
audiences. National cinemas addressing national history allow a glance of
that nations understanding of its past today. This study presents a detailed
discussion of three nationally significant events in German history (WWII, the
1954 Soccer World Cups, Germanys reunification 1989/1990). This is reflected
in The Downfall (2004), Sophie Scholl - The Last Days (2005), The...