From Jugendbewegung to RAF: Youth, Friendship, and Protest in Post-Wall German Cinema

Recent German-language films frame anti-establishment activities as a rejuvenating force. In Die fetten Jahre sind vorbei (2004) and Was tun, wenn’s brennt? (2001), the young filmmakers Hans Weingartner and Gregor Schnitzler take a nostalgic approach to the tradition of protest in Germany. Volke...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Nicole Thesz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: New Prairie Press 2010-01-01
Series:Studies in 20th & 21st Century Literature
Online Access:http://newprairiepress.org/sttcl/vol34/iss1/3