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Article: Hollywood behind the Wall: The Cinema of East Germany.(Book review)
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- The Modern Language Review
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- January 1, 2007
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Hollywood behind the Wall: The Cinema of East Germany. By Daniela Berghahn. Manchester and New York: Manchester University Press. 2004. x+294 pp. 55 [pounds sterling]. ISBN 978-0-7190-6171-4.
This is a finely nuanced and sensitively written book in which the author displays her mastery both of film and of the history and politics of the GDR. In a good first chapter the East German film industry's frequently uneasy relationship with the state is subjected to a thoughtful initial analysis. That relationship pervades the topic, and the political atmosphere in which East German film was created serves as the backdrop to a refined analysis of a range of films, arranged ...