Austria's Difficult Past : Memory of National Socialism and the Filmization of Television (1960-1980) (Austrian and Habsburg Studies)

Gortat, Jakub

Berghahn Books（2025/07発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 338 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781836950202
• DDC分類 320.5409436

Full Description

The role played by film in reshaping Austria's post-war national identity is often studied within narrow historical and geographical margins. Film history traditionally focuses on either the work of a sole director, German cinematography, or the immediate aftermath of World War II, and neglects the link that exists between historical television films and Austria's distinct culture of remembrance. In Austria's Difficult Past, Jakub Gortat addresses this gap by providing a comprehensive analysis of television films produced by Austrian (ORF) and German television studios between 1961 and 1980. In doing so, he explores the way films mediated the burden of memory and the legacy of Austria's complicity in the Nazi regime.

Contents

List of Figures

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chapter 1. Austrian Culture of Remembrance and the Media

Chapter 2. The Difficult Past in Docufiction

Chapter 3. Axel Corti Comes to Terms with the Difficult Past in the 1970s

Chapter 4. National Socialism Comes to the Heimat: Alpensaga IV and V

Chapter 5. Adaptations. Difficult Past in the Fiction Films

Conclusion

Appendix: Number of Emissions and Number of Phone Calls Made by Viewers after the Emissions

Bibliography

Index