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Traces of Dissent: The Journal Filmspiegel and Readership Responses to the Ban of Frank Beyer’s DEFA Film Spur der Steine (1965/66)

Michael Wedel
- 02 Jan 2021 - 
- Vol. 41, Iss: 1, pp 98-113
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The 11th Plenum of the Central Committee of the East German SED, held in December 1965 and resulting in the ban of over a dozen feature films, marks the most ferocious act of political censorship i...
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The 11th Plenum of the Central Committee of the East German SED, held in December 1965 and resulting in the ban of over a dozen feature films, marks the most ferocious act of political censorship i...

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Homemade Pornography and the Proliferation of Queer Pleasure in East Germany

TL;DR: In this article , the authors argue that the support for amateur photography makes the state an unwitting participant in the creation and circulation of these illicit images and that the images are an archive of queer men's self-presentation and critique in a context wherein their existence and affect are transgressive.
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Crossing the Wall. The Western Feature Film Import in East Germany

TL;DR: Bern as discussed by the authors limited herself to films produced in the US, UK and West Germany exhibited in mainstream theatres in Ea..., 2012 x+308 pp., illus., bibliography, index, €43.30 (paper)
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Hollywood behind the wall: The cinema of East Germany

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discuss the role of women in German film industry after unification and discuss the importance of women on film in the private sphere in the context of German film.
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Kahlschlag : das 11. Plenum des ZK der SED 1965 : Studien und Dokumente

Günter Agde
TL;DR: Mückenberger et al. as discussed by the authors describe the 11th plenum of the sozialistischen moderne bpb as follows: 11 plenum für kahlschlag ste welt.
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Light motives : German popular film in perspective

TL;DR: German popular film production along with larger cultural, historical and political meanings suggested by the term "popular" have been examined in this article, where the authors challenge the traditional shape of German film history, while offering in-depth analyses of films that have, until now, been beyond the pale of critical attention.
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Crossing the Wall. The Western Feature Film Import in East Germany

TL;DR: Bern as discussed by the authors limited herself to films produced in the US, UK and West Germany exhibited in mainstream theatres in Ea..., 2012 x+308 pp., illus., bibliography, index, €43.30 (paper)