About this title: A contemporary of Ernest Bloch and Walter Benjamin, Siegfried Kracauer was a brilliant and influential film and cultural critic. In 1947, after years of studying his country's remarkable cinema, he wrote FROM CALIGARI TO HITLER: A PSYCHOLOGICAL HISTORY OF THE GERMAN FILM. Still considered one of the greatest works of cinematic history and theory of all time, the book examines the early German Expressionist Cinema as a foreshadowing of the ascent of Nazism and the Third Reich. Psychohistory at its best, Krakauer's book delves into the way that the dark and moody cinema of Fritz Lang, F.W. ...
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Date Published: 1966
ISBN-13:9780691025056ISBN:0691025053
Description: Very Good. 0691025053 Bookstore label(s) affixed to cover exterior. "The thesis of this unusually interesting book is that the German films of the twenties were filled with premonitions of the German totalitarianism of the thirties: that Hitler arose as the resolution of psychological dilemmas which had been reflected in the German movies and which accounted for both their greatness and their decline....Dr. Kracauer illustrates his theme by a readable account of the evolution of the German ... read more
Description: Good. 8x5. Black illustrated wraps. Few pages with underlining. Shelfwear to covers and edges. Few dog-earred pages. Little soiling to page edges. Black and white photographs throughout. read more
Edition: 13th Printing
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr, Ewing, New Jersey, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1947
ISBN-13:9780691025056ISBN:0691025053
Description: Photo Illustrated. Very Good + This 5 x 8 softcover has 361 pages. The thesis of this unusually interesting book is that the German films of the twenties were filled with permonitions of the German totalitarianism of the thirties: that Hitler arose as the resolution of psychological dilemmas which had been reflected in the German movies and which accounted for both their greatness and their delcine. read more
Binding: Softcover; Fifth Printing
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Date Published: 1974
ISBN-13:9780691025056ISBN:0691025053
Description: Very Good with no dust jacket. 0691025053. Light bumping to spine extremities. Front corners are bumped, lightly rubbed. Foredge of front cover is bumped, curled just a bit.; B&W Photographs. read more
Description: Like New. Trade paperback. Like new; no internal markings; has lost its "Brand New" shine but no obvious defects. In sealed plastic protection. 1966. Trade paperback. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Date Published: 1966
ISBN-13:9780691025056ISBN:0691025053
Description: Near Fine with no dust jacket. 0691025053. 0.99 x 8.12 x 4.96 Inches; 395 pages; A landmark, now classic, study of the rich cinematic history of the Weimar Republic, From Caligari to Hitler was first published by Princeton University Press in 1947. Siegfried Kracauer--a prominent German film critic and member of Walter Benjamin's and Theodor Adorno's intellectual circle--broke new ground in exploring the connections between film aesthetics, the prevailing psychological state of Germans in the ... read more
Edition: Reprint
Binding: S Paperback
Publisher: Princeton University Press, Princeton
Date Published: 1969
ISBN-13:9780691025056ISBN:0691025053
Description: Illustrated by B/w photos at rear. Good-Cheap Reading Copy. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall A good cheap reading copy. Tearing and peeling to wraps at spine edges. Edge and corner wear, staining and discoloration to wraps. Age discoloration and staining to page edges. Ink to front free endpaper and the text. 8vo xii+362+(32)pp. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN-13:9780691025056ISBN:0691025053
Description: Good. 0691025053 Good condition. May have some markings & or shelfwear. All pages intact. Used items may not include extras such as infotrac, CD or other web access codes. read more
"Ok, this isnt a light read, but it's fascinating in how it explains the psychological state of Germans after WWI and how it led to WWII. It took me longer than most to finish this, but I was glad I did."
"a pretty fascinating look at the flow between art and culture. it's a little more of a "chicken and the egg" relationship than the book wants to admit - it basically takes the stance that germany's weimar cinema paved the psychological road for hitler's rise to power - but the bottom line is that it is one of the first serious discussions of films power over political and cultural zeitgeist. just because it's popular entertainment doesn't mean it won't influence the way we think, people."
"A super fascinating subject matter - where culture, (evil) politics, and cinema art all meet up. Siegfried Kracauer is very much like Walter Benjamin, in that he looks at popular culture and writes about it in a new light. Basically what this book is about is Germany from the 20's to the 30's. Kind of scary in its scope and how mass entertainment or art can be reflective of what is happening in the (that) world."
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