Abstract
Before 1933, the German film industry was thriving and created some of the most famous films in World Cinema. After the rise of the Nazi Regime, many of the actors, producers, screenwriters, and directors responsible for German films were forced into exile. By examining films, interviews, and memoirs, this thesis explores the methods of anti-Nazi resistance used by German film exiles ranging from helping other refugees, refusing Nazi offers to return to Germany, participating in the allied cause for World War II, and making anti-Nazi films. In their new homelands, these exiles were able to express their defiance and resist the Nazis through their professional status and their art-form.
How to Cite
Snipes, N., (2019) “Widerstand des Kinos: Anti-Nazi Sentiments and Resistance by Exiles of the German Film Industry”, Capstone, The UNC Asheville Journal of Undergraduate Scholarship 32(1).
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