"The Lives of Others" and Contemporary German Film: A Companion (Companions to Contemporary German Culture, 3)

This volume offers the first book-length academic investigation of Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck’s Oscar-winning film __The Lives of Others__ (2006). The aim of this edited collection is twofold. On the one hand, it offers new insight into one of the most successful German films of the past two decades, placing __The Lives of Others__ within its wider historical, political, aesthetic and industrial context. On the other, it offers this group of scholars, which includes many of the leading international figures in the field, opportunity to make a series of interventions on the state of contemporary German film and German film studies. * Comprehensive analyses on one of the most influential German movies of the 21st century * Historical, cultural and theoretical contextualisations of the movie and GDR history * With a contribution by the director Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck Acknowledgements Introduction. The Lives of Others and Contemporary German Film I. Making the Film Introduced by Christopher Young Chapter One. Seeing a Film Before You Make It Chapter Two. Wiesler’s Turn to Dissidence and the History behind the Film Chapter Three. The Lives of Others, the New Matrix of Production and the Profitable Past Chapter Four. A Historical Sort of Stardom: Casting, Ulrich Mühe and The Lives of Others’ Authenticity Problem II. Re-positioning the Film Chapter Five. Fear and (Self-)Loathing in East Berlin: Gender and Melodrama in The Lives of Others Chapter Six. Der Tangospieler Coming in from the Cold Once and for All? The Lives of Others as Cold War Spy film Chapter Seven. The Lives of Others: Screenplay as Literature and the Literary Film Chapter Eight. International ‘Auditorism’: The Postnational Politics of Interpretation of von Donnersmarck’s The Lives of Others III. Beyond the Film Chapter Nine. The Sounds of Others Chapter Ten. On the Lives of Objects Chapter Eleven. Von Donnersmarck’s Dialogue with Hollywood: from The Lives of Others to The Tourist (2010) Chapter Twelve. The Lives of Others: The History of Heritage and the Rhetoric of Consensus Bibliography Film Credits Illustrations Contributors Index

This volume offers the first book-length academic investigation of Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck’s Oscar-winning film The Lives of Others (2006). The aim of this edited collection is twofold. On the one hand, it offers new insight into one of the most successful German films of the past two decades, placing The Lives of Others within its wider historical, political, aesthetic and industrial context. On the other, it offers this group of scholars, which includes many of the leading international figures in the field, opportunity to make a series of interventions on the state of contemporary German film and German film studies.

This volume will offer the first book-length academic investigation of Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck's Oscar-winning film The Lives of Others (2006). The aim of this edited collection is twofold. On the one hand, it will offer new insight into one of the most successful German films of the past two decades placing The Lives of Others within its wider historical, political, aesthetic and industrial context. On the other, it will offer this group of scholars, which includes many of the leading international figures in the field, opportunity to make a series of interventions on the state of contemporary German film and German film studies Offers an academic investigation of Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck's Oscar-winning film The Lives of Others (2006). This book presents insight into one of the successful German films of the past two decades placing The Lives of Others within its wider historical, political, aesthetic and industrial context.