Head-On (Gegen die Wand)
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- Paperback
96 pages
- Release Date
14 May 2015
Summary
When Head-On (Gegen die Wand, 2004) won the Golden Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival, it was hailed as a turning point for German cinema. Not only was this unconventional love story the first German film in eighteen years to win the prestigious award, but the success of writer-director Fatih Akin was also celebrated as the revival of German auteur cinema. Meanwhile Turkey claimed Akin as its own prodigal son and his film a victory for Turkish cinema.
Daniela Berg…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781844576722 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1844576728 |
| Author: | Daniela Berghahn |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Imprint: | BFI Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 96 |
| Release Date: | 14 May 2015 |
| Weight: | 180g |
| Dimensions: | 190mm x 134mm x 8mm |
| Series: | BFI Film Classics |
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About The Author
Daniela Berghahn
Daniela Berghahn is Professor of Film Studies at Royal Holloway, University of London, UK. She is the author of Hollywood Behind the Wall: The Cinema of East Germany (2005), Far-Flung Families in Film: The Diasporic Family in Contemporary European Cinema (2013) and co-editor of European Cinema in Motion: Migrant and Diasporic Film in Contemporary Europe (2010).
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