ISBN:
9781849544139
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (432 p)
Parallel Title:
Print version Hitler and the Nazi Cult of Celebrity
DDC:
943.086
Keywords:
Hitler, Adolf ; 1889-1945
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National socialism and motion pictures
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Fame ; Political aspects ; Germany ; History ; 20th century
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Nazis ; Sexual behavior
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
Hitler believed himself to be as much an artist as a politician, and his rise to power owed a great deal to the creation of myth around his own personality. In his Germany politics and culture became one, the cult of celebrity nurtured and driven by Hitler and his acolyte Joseph Goebbels. In their version of Hollywood there were scandals, starlets, secret agents, premieres and the infamous 'casting couch'. But one of the actresses was a Soviet agent who held the key to killing the Führer. Hitler and the Nazi Cult of Celebrity probes the correlation between art and ambition, shows how films wer
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Title Page; Table of Contents; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE : CELEBRITY, SEX AND DEATH; CHAPTER TWO : IN THAT HOUR; CHAPTER THREE : IMPURITY OF THE BLOOD; CHAPTER FOUR : HIS GREATEST ROLE; CHAPTER FIVE : GOD'S GIFT; CHAPTER SIX : HITLER'S PUBLICIST; CHAPTER SEVEN : THE HOLY FAMILY OF THE THIRD REICH; CHAPTER EIGHT : MERCHANDISING ADOLF; CHAPTER NINE : SEVEN CHAMBERS OF CULTURE; CHAPTER TEN : EXODUS; CHAPTER ELEVEN : SLEEPER STAR; CHAPTER TWELVE : THE WILL TO TRIUMPH; CHAPTER THIRTEEN : LEADING LADIES OF THE THIRD REICH; CHAPTER FOURTEEN : THE SINGING SPY
Description / Table of Contents:
CHAPTER FIFTEEN : THE DEPTHS OF HELLCHAPTER SIXTEEN : THE FÜHRER VERSUS THE PHOOEY; CHAPTER SEVENTEEN : A REFLECTION OF HITLER; CHAPTER EIGHTEEN : KILLING HITLER; CHAPTER NINETEEN : TIME IS BROKEN; CHAPTER TWENTY : THE PRICE; CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE : THE FALL; CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO : THE FINAL CUT; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; A, B, C; INDEX; D, E, F; G, H, I; J, K, L; M, N, O; P, Q, R; S, T, U; V, W, X; Y, Z; Plates; Copyright; Advertisement;
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