Essays about: "westalgie"

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  1. 1. Before and After the Wall : A Social History of German Cinema

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för mediestudier

    Author : Hande Cetinkaya; [2014]
    Keywords : collective memory; identity; the fall of the Berlin Wall; nostalgia; Ostalgie; Westalgie;

    Abstract : This thesis deals with the perception of the Cold War in selected German feature films. Sonnenallee (Leander Haussmann, 1999), Die Unberührbare (Oscar Roehler, 2000), Good Bye Lenin! (Wolfgang Becker, 2003), Herr Lehmann (Leander Haussmann, 2003) and Das Leben der Anderen (Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, 2006) have been selected for a comparative analysis that focusses on narratives of the Cold-War era after reunification, and for an examination of how the social impact of German unification has been addressed in these films. READ MORE