GermanFilm-Midterm

Question 1

East Germany

Answer 1

A communist state in Central Europe. “Workers and Peasants State.” (GDR). Occupied by the Soviet Union.

Question 2

GDR

Answer 2

German Democratic Republic. Socialist state of East Germany. The saw themselves as a democracy but were actually a dictatorship.

Question 3

Goals of East German Film

Answer 3

To promote socialism and the working class.

Question 4

Socialism

Answer 4

Political/economic theory that supports the means of production/distribution. Industries are owned by the workers.

Question 5

SED

Answer 5

Socialist Unity Party. Supported socialist, Marxist-Lennist, and communist ideas. Ruling party of the GDR.

Question 6

DEFA

Answer 6

State owned film studio of the GDR. First film studio of post WWII Germany- made films to re-educate German citizens after Nazi rule.

Question 7

Socialist realism

Answer 7

Cultural doctrine in the Soviet Union that promoted life under socialism (state-sponsored art form). It calls for art to critique the conditions of the working class. It banned criticism and promoted propaganda.

Question 8

Critical realism

Answer 8

Philosophy that distinguishes between the “real” and “obersvable” world. The world is constructed from our percieved notions.

Question 9

Bitterfeld way

Answer 9

An innitiative to bridge the gap between artists and the working class.

Question 10

11th Congress of the Central Committee of the SED

Answer 10

Lead into shelf films. Called for a wave of bans on films that critiqued socialism.

Question 11

Shelf films (Rabbit films)

Answer 11

Films that were banned by East Germany due to critiques of the GDR.

Question 12

Erich Honecker

Answer 12

German communist politician. Led the GDR. Dictator.

Question 13

State control over film

Answer 13

Censored films to protect communism and critique of the government.

Question 14

What were expressionist artists most interested in?

Answer 14

Expressing the artists’ state of mind and vision of the world.

Question 15

UFA

Answer 15

German film company (1918-1933). Producer of WWI propaganda and service films. Promote German culture internationally. Made notable silent films.

Question 16

T/F: Large German film companies of 1918-1933 made films that the government did not approve of

Answer 16

False

Question 17

T/F: Largest German film company was under the control of a nationalist newspaper publisher

Answer 17

True

Question 18

T/F: German film studios were innovators and early adopters of sound film

Answer 18

True

Question 19

What is the name of the part of the narrative that sets up the plot, setting, and characters

Answer 19

Exposition

Question 20

Omniscient narration

Answer 20

An omniscient narrator is all-seeing and all-knowing

Question 21

Restricted narration

Answer 21

A storytelling technique where the audience only knows as much as the characters in the story

Question 22

The large, central, unifying idea/deep question of a film

Answer 22

Theme

Question 23

T/F: Most films in the Third Reich (Nazi era) were propaganda films

Answer 23

True, promoted antisemitism.

Question 24

T/F: Detective films were a popular genre during the Thirs Reich

Answer 24

False