Alongside a historical overview, beginning with the silent film era and extending up to the present, aspects considered include film as social document, film and literature, and the aesthetics of film. Featured film makers include Fritz Lang, Fassbinder, Wenders and Tykwer.

For German Studies students, basic skills of film analysis will be acquired, and German cinema will be contextualized as both product and reflection of German culture and German society more generally. Linguistic skills, both active and passive, will be enhanced.

Tutorial participation (10%) throughout the semester, and two essays (90%). Essays will be ca. 1500-1800 words in length for German students, and 1800-2000 words for Film Studies. One essay will be due in the mid-semester teaching break, and the other (in lieu of an exam) during the exam period.

One-hour lecture, one-hour tutorial, on average a 2-hour film screening each week. Beyond classes, this will be a challenging course for German Studies students (e.g. in acquiring skills to talk and write about film language in German), but a rich one.

Film Studies students can expect to need to do some reading around German culture/20^th century history more generally.

For German majors, GERM3007 (Advanced German 1) or equivalent. For Film Studies majors, FILM1002 plus one other course from the Film Studies major.

GERM2046 German Cinema

For German Studies, any other German language course, plus other German options.

For Film Studies, any European Cinema course, and/or History on Film (HIST2130).