The Dark Mirror - German Cinema Between Hitler & Hollywood

List of Illustrations ix Acknowledgments xi Introduction: The Dark Mirror 1(22) PART 1 HOLLYWOOD IN BERLIN, 1933-1939 Sounds of Silence: Nazi Cinema and the Quest for a National Culture Industry 23(27) Incorporating the Underground: Curtis Bernhardt's The Tunnel 50(22) Engendering Mass Culture: Zarah Leander and the Economy of Desire 72(27) Siegfried Rides Again: Nazi Westerns and Modernity 99(38) PART 2 BERLIN IN HOLLYWOOD, 1939-1955 Wagner at Warner's: German Sounds and Hollywood Studio Visions 137(27) Berlin Noir: Robert Siodmak's Hollywood 164(37) Pianos, Priests, and Popular Culture: Sirk, Lang, and the Legacy of American Populism 201(33) Isolde Resurrected: Curtis Bernhardt's Interrupted Melody 234(25) Epilogue: ``Talking about Germany'' 259(14) Notes 273(36) Index 309