Animation Under the Swastika a History of Trickfilm in Nazi Germany, 1933-1945 /
"This study explores Adolf Hitler and Joseph Goebbels' efforts to establish a German cartoon industry to rival Walt Disney's and their love-hate relationship with American producers, whose films they studied behind locked doors"--Provided by publisher.
| Main Author: | Giesen, Rolf. |
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| Other Authors: | Storm, J.P. |
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Jefferson, North Carolina :
McFarland & Company, Inc.,
[2012]
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| Physical Description: |
viii, 229 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm. |
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Table of contents |
| Summary: |
"This study explores Adolf Hitler and Joseph Goebbels' efforts to establish a German cartoon industry to rival Walt Disney's and their love-hate relationship with American producers, whose films they studied behind locked doors"--Provided by publisher. |
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| Item Description: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. "This study explores Adolf Hitler and Joseph Goebbels' efforts to establish a German cartoon industry to rival Walt Disney's and their love-hate relationship with American producers, whose films they studied behind locked doors"--Provided by publisher. Optical lyric and shadow plays: the early history of German animation -- The march of the cigarettes -- Tilo Voss and the development of German sound cartoons -- How Walt Disney became Walter Distler: Snow White for greater Germany -- Global power for German trickfilm -- Puppet films: Starevich, Mecki the hedgehog, the Diehl brothers and Jürgen Clausen, the German "pal" -- An animation pioneer with a non-Aryan background: Wolfgang Kaskeline -- The phenomenology and psychology of cartoons -- Hans Held, troublemaker -- Kurt Stordel and Purzel: a self-proclaimed German Walt Disney and his dwarf -- Towards a German Disney empire -- The futile dream of a German cartoon factory: rise and fall of Deutsche Zeichenfilm G.m.b.H. -- Snow man and weather-beaten melody: Hans Fischerkoesen and Horst Von Möllendorff -- A surprising underwater cartoon from Prague: wedding at coral sea -- Deutsche Wochenshau and the "collaborators" of the Europäischer Zeichenfilm ring -- Bavaria, Munchausen and the town musicians of Bremen -- Animated maps to hail German victories: Svend Noldan -- Classified animation: training the military -- The aftermath: the postwar era of German animation -- The filmmakers: biographies -- Select filmography. |
| Physical Description: |
viii, 229 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm. |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780786446407 0786446404 |