1. Cinema of the German Sprachraum
“Academia is the death of cinema. It is the very opposite of passion. Film is not the art of scholars, but of illiterates.” -Werner Herzog
Harsh Patolia, WFU University Class of 2016
Flow House Spring 2014
Projected advised by Dr. Tom Phillips

2. Objective
Identifying social, cultural, and political paradigm shifts within the German Sprachraum (namely Germany and Austria) over the course of the 20th century through cinematic case study.

3. Research focused on 20th century film
Wilhelmine Era
(1895-
Weimar Era
Third Reich
Postwar Era
Research focused on 20th century film

4. Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974) Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Triumph of the Will (1935)
Leni Riefenstahl
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974)
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
The Piano Teacher (2001)
Michael Haneke

5. Conclusion
Collective
Individual