Chapter 13. Alternative Realities and Authenticity in DEFA’s Documentary Films

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Table of Contents v
3. Acronyms vii
4. Introduction DEFA at the Crossroads: Remapping the Terrain 1
5. Part I. Extending the Socialist Collective
6. Chapter 1. Cinema and Socialist Modernity 25
7. Chapter 2. Emplotting Antifascism: Heroes, Scoundrels, Traitors 45
8. Chapter 3. Divided Loyalties: Technocrats and the Working Class in DEFA Films 67
9. Chapter 4. Representations of Art and the Artist in East German Cinema 87
10. Chapter 5. Family Feelings: Kinship, Gender and Social Utopia in DEFA Film 107
11. Part II. Expanding the Reach of Entertainment
12. Chapter 6. Not Only Entertainment: Sights and Sounds of the DEFA Music Film 133
13. Chapter 7. The Trail Runs Cold: DEFA’s Crime Films 157
14. Chapter 8. A Late Genre Fade: Utopianism and its Twilight in DEFA’s Science Fiction, Literary and Western Films 177
15. Chapter 9. Public Figures, Political Symbols, Famous Stars: Actors in DEFA Cinema and Beyond 197
16. Part III. Enlarging the Map
17. Chapter 10. ‘Wind from the East’: DEFA and Eastern European Cinema 223
18. Chapter 11. DEFA Children’s Films: Not Just for Children 243
19. Chapter 12. DEFA Films for the Youth: National Paradigms, International Influences 263
20. Chapter 13. Alternative Realities and Authenticity in DEFA’s Documentary Films 281
21. Bibliography 305
22. Selected Filmography 321
23. List of Illustrations 327
24. Contributors 331
25. Index 335