Electricity in the village, Die Geierwally (1940)
From Chapter 2
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Fig. 5. The remake of Wally as the “correction” of Dupont’s version. Die Geierwally (1940, dir. Hans Steinhoff).
From Chapter 6
Fig. 17. The dialectic of Heimat imagery in Konrad Wolf’s Ich war neunzehn (1967–68). Against this background, the protagonist declares: “The war is lost, and you are in a hopeless position.”
From Chapter 6
Fig. 21. The final image of Wolf’s Ich war neunzehn (1968) as an ironic reference to Gustav Ucicky’s 1941 Heimkehr.
From Chapter 6
Fig. 22. The homecoming scene of Gustav Ucicky’s Heimkehr (1941).