M Le maudit de Fritz Lang : un film politique ?
This article discusses the thesis, commonly accepted since the work of Siegfried Kracauer, that Fritz Lang’s movie M is a "political" film in the sense that it warns of the rise of the Nazi danger or, according to other authors, supports the Nazis in Germany in 1930. On the basis of a deta...
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| Language: | deu |
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Dalhousie University
2023-12-01
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| Series: | Belphégor |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/belphegor/5683 |
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| Summary: | This article discusses the thesis, commonly accepted since the work of Siegfried Kracauer, that Fritz Lang’s movie M is a "political" film in the sense that it warns of the rise of the Nazi danger or, according to other authors, supports the Nazis in Germany in 1930. On the basis of a detailed study of the film and the director's statements, I argue that M should instead be considered a documentary and 'prophylactic' film about serial killers, particularly paedophiles. |
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| ISSN: | 1499-7185 |