World Film Locations, Berlin

This title is elegantly designed and packed with evocative film stills, location info and maps. It is affordable and collectable. It includes more than 50 scene specific reviews and short essays that include the role of construction sites, film music and key personalities, such as Marlene Dietrich and Leni Riefenstahl. It features a diverse mix of contributors specializing in German studies, urban history and film studies. One of the most dynamic capital cities of the twenty-first century, Berlin also has one of the most tumultuous modern histories. A city that came of age, in many senses, with the cinema, it has been captured on film during periods of exuberance, devastation, division, and reconstruction. "World Film Locations: Berlin" offers a broad overview of these varied cinematic representations. Covering an array of films that ranges from early classics to contemporary star vehicles, this volume features detailed analyses of more than fifty key scenes from productions shot on location across the city, as well as spotlight essays in which contributors with expertise in German studies, urban history, and film studies focus on issues central to understanding Berlin cinema. Among the topics discussed are the roles of rubble, construction sites, and music in films set and shot in Berlin, as well as key personalities, including Marlene Dietrich and Leni Riefenstahl. With the help of full-colour illustrations that include film stills and contemporary location shots, "World Film Locations: Berlin" cinematically maps the city's twentieth century, taking readers behind the scenes and shedding new light on the connections between many favourite and possibly soon to be favourite films.