{"product_id":"beyond-caligari-uli-jung-9781571811967","title":"Beyond Caligari: The Films of Robert Wiene","description":"\u003cp\u003e While the \u003ci\u003eCabinet of Dr. Caligari\u003c\/i\u003e became an international film classic, its director, Robert Wiene, was disparaged and even forgotten. Wiene's oeuvre, however, exhibits a surprising versatility and quality, featuring \u003ci\u003eRaskolnikov\u003c\/i\u003e, an expressionist adaptation of Dostoevsky's novel, \u003ci\u003eINRI\u003c\/i\u003e, a monumental Bible epic, \u003ci\u003eOrlac's Hands\u003c\/i\u003e, a psychological thriller, and \u003ci\u003eDer Rosenkavalier\u003c\/i\u003e, an ambitious opera film. His last film, \u003ci\u003eUltimatum\u003c\/i\u003e(1938), is a vehement warning of approaching war, which remains relevant today. With painstaking research of the major European film archives, the author's detailed portrait reveals a career far more differentiated than hitherto acknowledged. \u003ci\u003eCaligar\/i\u003c\/i\u003e - though rated the second most important film in German film history in a recent critic's and scholar's poll - was a landmark rather than a culmination in a career that successfully oscillated between artistic and commercial interests.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e As the field of film studies rediscovers film history and the value of historical context for the analysis of individual films, monographs on filmmakers are increasingly valuable to scholars and students of both film history and cultural studies. Through the provocative and prolific career of Robert Wiene, a wider, more dynamic view of fantasy production in the Weimar Republic is revealed, enabling the reader to better appreciate the complex shapes of Weimar cinema, its inimitable blend of modernism and mass culture, of avant-garde enterprie, and generic production.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Uli Jung, Walter Schatzberg\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1571811966\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781571811967\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Berghahn Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.66lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.54d","brand":"Uli Jung","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44522551935231,"sku":"9781571811967","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_027de2d8-5694-4587-85a2-149b75f0a4b4.jpg?v=1700157849","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/beyond-caligari-uli-jung-9781571811967","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}