Filming Women in the Third Reich

281 Pages·2000·0.74 MB·English

by  Angela Gaffney

Filming Women in the Third Reich
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Filming Women in the Third Reich
Jo Fox
Oxford•New York
First published in 2000 by
Berg
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© Jo Fox 2000
All rights reserved.
No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form
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ISBN 1 85973 3913(Cloth)
1 85973 396 4 (Paper)
Typeset by JS Typesetting, Wellingborough, Northants.
Printed in the United Kingdom by Biddles Ltd, King’s Lynn.
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Contents
Abbreviations vii
Illustrations ix
Acknowledgements xi
Introduction 1
1 Political and National Heroines in Feature Films of the Third Reich,
1939–1945 23
2 Mothers and Wives in the Feature Films of the Third Reich,
1939–1945 43
3 War Women in the Feature Films of the Third Reich, 1939–1945 71
4 Entertainment Feature Films in the Third Reich, 1939–1945.
The Films of Marika Rökk 119
5 The Negative Image of Women in the Feature Films of the
Third Reich, 1939–1945 151
Conclusion 217
Filmography, 1933–1945 227
Archival Resources 237
Select Bibliography 241
Index 261
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Abbreviations
AALD Auslands Abteilung des Lichtbild Dienstes.
(Foreign Division of the Cinematic Service)
DAF Deutsche Arbeitsfront (German Labour Front)
GPL Gaupropagandaleiter (Head of Gau Propaganda Department)
NSDAP Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter Partei
(National Socialist German Worker’s Party) Nazi Party
NSV Nationalsozialistische Volkswohlfahrt (Nazi Welfare Organisation)
OKW Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (High Command of the Armed
Forces)
RFA Reichsfilmarchiv (Reich Film Archive)
RFI Reichsfilmintendant (Head of Film in the RFK)
RFK Reichsfilmkammer (Reich Film Chamber)
RKK Reichskulturkammer (Reich Culture Chamber)
RMVP Reichsministerium für Volksaufklärung und Propaganda.
(Reich Ministry for Popular Enlightenment and Propaganda)
RPL Reichspropagandaleiter (Head of the Party Propaganda Department)
SA Sturmabteilung(Storm Division). Party paramilitary army
SD Sicherheitsdienst (Security Service)
SS Schutzstaffeln (Guard Unit) Nazi elite organisation, headed by
Heinrich Himmler
TKB Tätigkeitsberichte (Activity Reports)
Ufa Universum Film GmbH (Largest film concern in the Reich)
WHW Winterhilfswerk (Winter Relief Welfare Program)
Archival:
BAFA Bundesarchiv Filmarchiv, Berlin
BAK Bundesarchiv, Koblenz
BAP Bundesarchiv, Potsdam
BDC Bundesarchiv, Außenstelle III, Zehlendorf (Formerly the Berlin
Document Center), Berlin
BFI British Film Institute, London
HOOV Hoover Institution for War, Peace and Revolution, Stanford
University, Stanford, California
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Abbreviations
IWMD Imperial War Museum Document Department, London
IWMF Imperial War Museum Film Department, London
IWMS Imperial War Museum Sound Department, London
NAW National Archives, Washington
PRO Public Record Office, Kew, London
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Illustrations
1 Zarah Leander as Maria Stuart. BAFA 6984 29
2 Elisabeth and Eric on their Wedding day. BAFA 7744 62
3 Inge and Prätorius. BAFA 17844 78
4 Vera Georgi confronted in the Studio. BAFA 17824 80
5 Ilse Werner – Inge Wagner in the 1940 film 81
6 Inge receives a letter whilst waiting for the return of Herbert 86
7 Paul tells Hanna that he must leave. BAFA 6214 98
8 Paul receives a telegram from his Commander 99
9 Promotional Poster for Kolberg. BAFA 9122 103
10 Nettelbeck comforts Maria in the final scenes. BAFA 9122 107
11 Mara becomes the surrogate mother of Kora’s daughter, Ilona 127
12 Mara fights off unwanted attention on the cruise ship 129
13 The extravagant dance scene in Kora Terry 130
14 The contrasting images of Kora (right) and Mara (left) Terry 131
15 Parry and Karstein in the ‘manipulation’ scene. BAFA 5719 135
16 The bedroom scene with Dorothea and Faber 157
17 Süß pursues Dorothea at the ball 159
18 Anna and Thomas. BAFA 5988 175
19 Anna enjoys a city existence with her cousin, Toni 179
20 Concluding scene of Die Reise nach Tilsit. BAFA 13615 198
21 Madeleine and Michael, her lover in Romanze im Moll. BFI 211428 200
22 Albrecht and Octavia. BFI 204
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