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The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum (Die verlorene Ehre der Katharina Blum)

By Julian Preece
Series: BFI Film Classics
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The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum explores the making and impact of the pivotal 1975 film directed by Margarethe von Trotta and Volker Schlöndorff, rooted in Heinrich Böll's novel. Julian Preece examines the film’s radical portrayal of a woman’s ordeal in a male-dominated world, its genesis from archival materials, and the cultural and political context of New German Cinema.
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This book is ideal for readers interested in film studies, German cinema, feminist perspectives in arts, and cultural history enthusiasts keen on politically charged cinema and its contemporary relevance.

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Brisk [and] forceful. Sight & Sound
Lucidly argued. Total Film

Margarethe von Trotta and Volker Schlöndorff’s The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum (1975) was a pivotal film for the New German Cinema movement. Julian Preece considers what makes Katharina Blum new and radical, in particular in respect of women’s cinema and its portrayal of the ordeal of its female lead in a world run by men. Drawing on archival material including drafts of the screenplay, brochures and props, reviews and interviews, Preece traces the conception of the film and its development from Heinrich Böll’s original novel.

Preece analyses how the film continues to resonate with our contemporary moment and has influenced film-makers from the German-Turkish director Fatih Akin to the British screenwriter Peter Morgan.

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Praised as "brisk [and] forceful" by Sight & Sound and "exhaustively researched, and lucidly argued" by Total Film, Preece’s book is lauded for its comprehensive biography, cultural history, and film analysis. Scholars commend it as an excellent, engaging study offering fresh perspectives and deep archival insights into this politically provocative film.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781839024375

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 24 March 2022

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: BFI Publishing

Illustration: 60 colour illus

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 8.0mm

Width: 134.0mm

Height: 188.0mm

Weight: 170g

Pages: 104

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Arts & Culture Julian Preece Non-Fiction Series: BFI Film Classics

About the Author

Julian Preece is Professor of German at Swansea University, UK. His articles have featured in The German Monitor, German Life and Letters, and Monatshefte. His previous books include Günter Grass (2018), Baader-Meinhof and the Novel: Narratives of the Nation/Fantasies of the Revolution, 1970-2010 (2012), and Out of the Shadows of a Husband: The Rediscovered Writings of Veza Canetti (2007).

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