The German Courtroom Film During the Nazi Period
Ideology, Aesthetics, Historical Context
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11448918 |
|---|---|
| Authors | P Drexler (0009-0009-6786-6881, University of Potsdam, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2001 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 64-78 |
| Publication date | 2001-03-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Law and Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0263-323X • E-ISSN: 1467-6478 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/1467-6478.00179 |
| OpenAlex | W2067873686 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
This essay examines the films of the Nazi period concerned with questions of justice and the administration of the law. It traces the ways in which law films developed prior to the Nazi era. It notes the apparent paradox of the Nazi obsession with questions of justice, law, and legality which are found in their strictly controlled film output. The use of film as a mass propaganda weapon affected legal subjects and this can be seen as a means of creating consensus. This centred on the role of the state in creating a system which allowed the individual to be integrated into the mythical folk community. Those who threatened this social cohesion were depicted as threats to the common sense of ordinary people and this stretched from propaganda films into comedies
Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · Cohesion (chemistry · Context (archaeology · German · Ideology · Nazi Germany · Nazism · Political science · Politics · Principle of legality · Sociology · State (computer science · History · Law · Law in Society and Culture
| Citations per year | 0.33 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |