Hitler and film : the führer's hidden passion / Bill Niven.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

An expose of Hitler's relationship with film and his influence on the film industry A presence in Third Reich cinema, Adolf Hitler also personally financed, ordered, and censored films and newsreels and engaged in complex relationships with their stars and directors. Here, Bill Niven offers a powerful argument for reconsidering Hitler's fascination with film as a means to further the Nazi agenda. In this first English-language work to fully explore Hitler's influence on and relationship with film in Nazi Germany, the author calls on a broad array of archival sources. Arguing that Hitler was as central to the Nazi film industry as Goebbels, Niven also explores Hitler's representation in Third Reich cinema, personally and through films focusing on historical figures with whom he was associated, and how Hitler's vision for the medium went far beyond "straight propaganda." He aimed to raise documentary film to a powerful art form rivaling architecture in its ability to reach the masses.

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Cover page; Halftitle page; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Images; Introduction; 1 Films at the Berghof; The Evidence; Hitlerâ#x80;#x99;s Likes and Dislikes; Hitlerâ#x80;#x99;s Favourite Film; The Influence of Film; The Other Hitler; 2 From Bans to Commissions; Banning Films; Soliciting Hitlerâ#x80;#x99;s Views; Documentary Film and Sterilization; In Battle against the World Enemy; Hitlerâ#x80;#x99;s Building Projects; 3 Hitlerâ#x80;#x99;s Director; Hitlerâ#x80;#x99;s Director; Making Victory of Faith (1933); The End Result; 4 Celebrating Hitler.

Hitler Re-engages Riefenstahl: Triumph of the WillDay of Freedom; Riefenstahlâ#x80;#x99;s Film of the 1936 Berlin Olympics; Performing National Socialism; 5 The FÃơhrer at the Movies; Hitler at Film Premieres; The Sound and Sight of Hitler; Hitler in the Wochenschau, 1933â#x80;#x93;39; Hitler Figures in Nazi Feature Films; Images of Hitler; 6 Holding Court; Memoirs and Fact; Securing Loyalty; Hitler and Actresses; Useful Idols; 7 Watching over War; Documentary Film; Feature Film; General Matters of Film Policy; 8 Preparing Genocide; The Making of Anti-Semitic Films; Jew SÃơss; The Reception of Jew SÃơss.

The Eternal Jew9 From Hero to Camera-shy; Wochenschau, War, Hitler; Hitler in the Wartime Wochenschau; Hitlerâ#x80;#x99;s Disappearance from the Newsreels; 10 The Divinely Gifted; Lists; Protection, Intimidation, Setting Examples; Film in Hitlerâ#x80;#x99;s Service; The End; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Filmography; Index.

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