The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema

Since its publication in 1984, CineGraph has become the most authoritative and comprehensive encyclopedia of German film. We are pleased to make a condensed English-language edition of this important handbook available for the first time. It offers a representative overview of German film history through bio-filmographical entries on its main protagonists, from the beginnings to the present day. In addition, entries have been specifically selected and rewritten, as in the case of exiled or ?migr? German artists whose careers continued in the United Kingdom, or in Hollywood. Other features include short introductions to specific periods and movements, e.g. Early Cinema, Expressionism, Film Europe, Nazi Cinema, DEFA, and New German Cinema; the relationship between film and other media, e.g. television, and art forms. Equally valuable are the sections on specific professions within the film industry such as actors, directors, cinematographers, production designers. This comprehensive guide will serve as an ideal reference work for film specialists and enthusiasts alike for years to come.

Hans-Michael Bock, General Editor, is editor of the encyclopaedia CineGraph - Lexikon zum deutschsprachigen Film, a reference work for German language film history published since 1984. He is also co-founder and board member of the research institute CineGraph - Hamburgisches Centrum fur Filmforschung which was founded in 1989 by the editors of the CineGraph encyclopaedia in order to intensify research of German film history in the European and transcontinental context.