A silent German film from 1918 was one of cinema’s first dramatic presentations of queer love. Over a century later, and the story of love in a hostile social environment still resounds.
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Many of Count Orlok’s characteristics have gone on to be canon in the lore of vampires.
More than 30 years after the Berlin Wall fell, the re-release of the East German film ‘Coming Out’ reminds us that protecting minority populations’ rights is every society’s responsibility.
More than a decade before Snow White, Lotte Reiniger was pioneering revolutionary animation ideas – now they are being rediscovered.
In 1961, German-American philosopher Hannah Arendt was sent by The New Yorker to cover Adolf Eichmann’s trial, in Jerusalem, Israel, where he faced execution for crimes against humanity, war crimes, crimes…
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Lecturer in 20th and 21st Century Literature, University of Exeter
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Senior Lecturer in Film, University of East London
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Senior Lecturer in Film & Media Studies, University of Portsmouth
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Associate Professor of German and Nordic Studies, University of British Columbia
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Associate Professor of German Studies, University of British Columbia
