The Phantom Holocaust : : Soviet Cinema and Jewish Catastrophe /

The Phantom Holocaust : : Soviet Cinema and Jewish Catastrophe / / Olga Gershenson.

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Even people familiar with cinema believe there is no such thing as a Soviet Holocaust film. The Phantom Holocaust tells a different story. The Soviets were actually among the first to portray these events on screens. In 1938, several films exposed Nazi anti-Semitism, and a 1945 movie depicted the ma...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Rutgers University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
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Gershenson, Olga,
Place / Publishing House:New Brunswick, NJ : : Rutgers University Press, , [2013]
©2013
Year of Publication:2013
Language:English
Series:Jewish Cultures of the World
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Physical Description:1 online resource (290 p.) :; 20 illustrations
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. Screening the Holocaust in the Soviet Union: Jews without the Holocaust and the Holocaust without the Jews
  • 2. Soviet Antifascist Films of the 1930s: The Earliest Images of Nazi Anti-Semitism and Concentration Camps on World Screens
  • 3. The First Phantom: I Will Live! (1942)
  • 4. How a Soviet Novel Turned into a Jewish Film: The First Depiction of the Holocaust on Soviet Screens, The Unvanquished (1945)
  • 5. The Holocaust on the Thawing Screens: From The Fate of a Man (1959) to Ordinary Fascism (1965)
  • 6. The Holocaust at the Lithuanian Film Studio: Gott mit Uns (1961)
  • 7. The Holocaust without the Jews: Steps in the Night (1962) and Other Films
  • 8. Kalik versus Goskino: Goodbye, Boys! (1964/1966)
  • 9. Stalemate (1965) between the Filmmaker and the Censors
  • 10. Kalik's Last Phantom: King Matt and the Old Doctor (1966)
  • 11. The Film That Cost a Career: Eastern Corridor (1966)
  • 12. Muslims Instead of Musslmans: Sons of the Fatherland (1968)
  • 13. Commissar (1967/1988): The End of the Thaw
  • 14. An Alternative Track: Jewish Soldiers Fighting on Soviet Screens
  • 15. The Last Phantom-the First Film: Our Father (1966/1990)
  • 16. Perestroika and Beyond: Old Wine in New Bottles?
  • 17. Conclusions
  • Abbreviations and Acronyms
  • Notes
  • Index
  • About the Author

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