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German Screen Studies Network @g-s-s-n.bsky.social · 7d

Congratulations to our very own Paul Flaig on the publication of his book: Weimar Slapstick and Hollywood Comedy Transformed - out today with Bloomsbury, in the World Cinema series edited by Lúcia Nagib and Julian Ross

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Weimar Slapstick and Hollywood Comedy Transformed

From cabaret songs inspired by Buster Keaton to Mickey Mouse's diagnosis as a “melo-maniac,” Weimar Slapstick and Hollywood Comedy Transformed explores the extr…

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German Screen Studies Network @g-s-s-n.bsky.social · 11d

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Film at the Museum: Dead Birds Flying High

Join us at the Bell Pettigrew Museum for a special screening of a film about photography, taxidermy and one man's

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German Screen Studies Network @g-s-s-n.bsky.social · 11d

Join us for a special screening at the Bell Pettigrew Museum!

Dead Birds Flying High, a film by Sönje Storm (2022)
October 1, 18:00
Entry free. Book here.

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German Screen Studies Network @g-s-s-n.bsky.social · 14d

A new edition of WeimarCinema.org is now available! Including a new dossier on The Oyster Princess by our own @mharrabin.bsky.social and one on M by Tony Kaes! Also includes several new essays, as well as updates on recent publications and restorations!

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German Screen Studies Network @g-s-s-n.bsky.social · 21d

The deadline is fast approaching for attending an upcoming GSSN-organised workshop "Teaching German through Film and Television," organised by Molly Harrabin! Please spread the word among UK-based German language secondary school teachers! germanscreenstudies.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2025/09/08/t...

Teacher Workshop- Teaching German Through Film and Television: Language, Culture, and Context (4th October 2025, University of Warwick) – German Screen Studies Network

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German Screen Studies Network @g-s-s-n.bsky.social · Sep 8

Re-posting the announcement of the German Screen Studies Network's upcoming film workshop for secondary school teachers in German. Spread the word! germanscreenstudies.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2025/09/08/t...

Teacher Workshop- Teaching German Through Film and Television: Language, Culture, and Context (4th October 2025, University of Warwick) – German Screen Studies Network

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German Screen Studies Network @g-s-s-n.bsky.social · Sep 8

The German Screen Studies Network is excited to announce a CFP for the conference, "Rethinking Weimar Cinema Conference" to be held at Oxford University 17-19 June 2026, co-organised by Lawrence Alexander and Molly Harrabin! germanscreenstudies.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2025/09/08/c...

CFP: Rethinking Weimar Cinema Conference (University of Oxford, 17 – 19 June 2026) – German Screen Studies Network

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German Screen Studies Network @g-s-s-n.bsky.social · Sep 5

Calling all German teachers: the German Screen Studies Network is running a DAAD-funded workshop in October at the University of Warwick on "Teaching German Through Film and Television: Language, Culture, and Context"! Spread the word: germanscreenstudies.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2025/09/05/w...

Workshop: Teaching German Through Film and Television: Language, Culture, and Context (October 4th, University of Warwick) – German Screen Studies Network

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German Screen Studies Network @g-s-s-n.bsky.social · Aug 27

The GSSN was delighted to hear about the ‘In Focus: Pia Frankenberg’ retrospective of the films of Pia Frankenberg, taking place 19–23 September 2025 at the Institute of Contemporary Arts, London. For further details, check out their website - www.ica.art/films/in-foc...

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German Screen Studies Network @g-s-s-n.bsky.social · Jul 29

Today we celebrate the 68th birthday of German actor and musician Ulrich Tukur , best-known for his role as the Baron in Michael Haneke's Das weisse Band! Alles Gute zum Geburtstag Herr Tukur!

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German Screen Studies Network @g-s-s-n.bsky.social · Jul 23

On this day in 1884, Swiss-born German actor Emil Jannings was born. He is best-known for his roles in Der letzte Mann (1924) and Der blaue Engel (1930). After the Nazi seizure of power, he prolonged his career by starring in several films that promoted Nazism.

German Screen Studies Network @g-s-s-n.bsky.social · Jul 22

On this day in 1974, German actress Franka Potente was born! Her breakthrough came in 1998, when she starred in the acclaimed action thriller Lola rennt and has since starred in Hollywood films including appearances in the Jason Bourne films. Alles Gute zum Geburtstag Frau Potente!

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German Screen Studies Network @g-s-s-n.bsky.social · Jul 21

On this day in 1891, Austrian-Jewish actress Ellen Richter was born! Richter founded her own production company (1920) after she grew increasingly frustrated with being type-cast into 'exotic' roles. Richter had disappeared into relative obscurity her films were shown at Pordenone & Arsenal Berlin

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German Screen Studies Network @g-s-s-n.bsky.social · Jul 20

On this day in 1889, German film producer & executive Erich Pommel was born! As head of production at Decla-Film, Decla-Bioskop & UFA, Pommel was responsible many of the best-known Weimar films including Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari (1920) and Metropolis (1927).

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German Screen Studies Network @g-s-s-n.bsky.social · Jul 18

The GSSN would like to congraulate our founder, Professor Erica Carter, who has been made a Fellow of the British Academy in recognition of her outstanding contributions to the humanities and social sciences.This is wonderful news and very much deserved!

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German Screen Studies Network @g-s-s-n.bsky.social · Jul 15

We're excited about the recent publication of Charting Asian German Film History, ed. by Qinna Shen, Zach Ramon Fitzpatrick and Qingyang Freya Zhou! You can find out more on our website, with a feature by Zach (!), and don't forget to purchase your copy today!

New Publication: Charting Asian German Film History, ed. by Qinna Shen, Zach Ramon Fitzpatrick and Qingyang Freya Zhou – German Screen Studies Network

An exciting new edited collection, Charting Asian German Film History: Imagination, Collaboration and Diasporic Representation, by Qinna Shen, Zach Ramon Fitzpatrick and Qingyang Freya Zhou, has just…

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German Screen Studies Network @g-s-s-n.bsky.social · Jul 15

On this day in 1973, German actress, director & screenwriter Yasemin Șamdereli was born! Șamdereli was awarded the German Filmpreis in 2011 for her film, Almanya – Willkommen in Deutschland.

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German Screen Studies Network @g-s-s-n.bsky.social · Jul 15

On this day in 1976, German actress Diane Kruger was born! She starred as Bridget von Hammersmark in Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds (2009) and in 2017 made her German-language debut in Fatih Akin's Aus dem Nights, for which she won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress

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German Screen Studies Network @g-s-s-n.bsky.social · Jun 26

On this day in 1919, Ernst Lubitsch's Die Austernprinzessin was released! A grotesque comedy in four acts about an American millionaire's spoiled daughter's marriage that does not go as planned, the film stars Ossi Oswalda in the leading female role!

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German Screen Studies Network @g-s-s-n.bsky.social · Jun 26

On this day in 1904, Hungarian-born actor Peter Lorre was born! Lorre became an international sensation in 1931 when he starred as child serial killer Hans Beckert in Fritz Lang's M!

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German Screen Studies Network @g-s-s-n.bsky.social · Jun 25

On this day in 1941, the German director, screenwriter & producer Jutta Brückner was born! Brückner's films include Tue recht und scheue niemand – Das Leben der Gerda Siepebrink (1975) & Hungerjahre (1980). Alles Gute zum Geburtstag Frau Brückner!

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German Screen Studies Network @g-s-s-n.bsky.social · Jun 22

Today marks the 60th birthday of German filmmaker Uwe Boll! He came to prominence during the 2000s for his adaptations of video game franchises such as Alone in the Dark. Alles Gute sum Geburtstag Herr Boll!

German Screen Studies Network @g-s-s-n.bsky.social · Jun 20

On this day in 1953, Ulrich Mühe was born. Many of you will remember Mühe for his role as Gerd Wiesler in Das Leben der Anderen (2006), for which he received the Deutscher Filmpreis gold award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role & the Best Actor Award at the 2006 European Film Awards.

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Elizabeth Ward @elizabethward.bsky.social · Jun 18

For a shameless plug… “Deterritorializing the Stasi in Deutschland 83/86/89” is free to download in Ben Schaper @chewschaper.bsky.social, Stephan Ehrig @herrehrig.bsky.social and my @berghahnbooks.bsky.social edited volume “Entertaining German Culture: Contemporary Transnational Television and Film”

German Screen Studies Network @g-s-s-n.bsky.social · Jun 17

On this day in 2015, Deutschland 83, which stars Jonas Nay as a 24-year-old East German native sent to the West as an undercover Stasi spy, premiered on US channel SundanceTV, becoming the first German-language series to air on a US network!

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German Screen Studies Network @g-s-s-n.bsky.social · Jun 18

Elizabeth Ward is keen to hear from academics with an expertise in either film relations between the GDR & African countries or film relations between the GDR & Southern/East Asian countries for a potential edited volume contribution should contact Elizabeth directly. Contact details below.

Ph.D. Elizabeth Ward

Dr. Elizabeth Ward is a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Fellow with the Department of History, Chair for the History of the 19th to 21st Centuries. Her research...

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