German Documentaries in the University of Arizona Library
East Germany Opens Its Borders
In English. Documentary — Originally broadcast on the television program, Nightline. — DD261.4 .E27 — VHS
East of War
[Jenseits des Krieges], by Beckermann. In German with subtitles. Documentary — Using the exhibition "Vernichtungskrieg" (War of Extermination) as a background, Ruth Beckermann and cameraman Peter Roehsler have filmed former soldiers talking about their experiences, beyond the bounds of "normal" warface. — D757 .B43 1996 — VHS
East Side Story
In German and Russian with subtitles. Documentary — "That's Entertainment," Communist style. A documentary of Soviet and Eastern bloc communist musical films. Comrades drive tractors, sweep factory floors, feed farm animals, harvest crops, all the while singing their hearts out about the joys of socialism. Included are interviews with people involved in the making of some of these movies, as well as a film historian and moviegoers. — PN1995.9.M86 E38 2000 — DVD
Eastern Europe
By Talczewski. In English. Documentary — Traces the history of Eastern Europe from the reign of Franz Josef to the fall of communism including the rise of Hitler and the World Wars. Shows how both Hitler's and Stalin's quests for power left this vulnerable area of the world permanently destabilized. — DJK38 .E28 — VHS
The Eiffel Tower, King Kong and the White Woman
[Eiffelturm, King Kong und die weisse Frau, Der], by Kluge. In German with subtitles. Documentary — Originally produced for the German television program: 10 vor 11 — PT2671.L84 E5513 — VHS
Electronic Curtain
[Het elektronische gordijn], by Grothenhuis. In German / Romanian with subtitles. Documentary — . Documentary examines the replacement of the former Iron Curtain by a new, highly sophisticated invisible electronic curtain designed to curb illegal immigration from eastern to western Europe. While refugees from the Communist bloc had formerly been welcomed and generously helped, the western world is now less willing to accommodate eastern immigrants since the fall of communism, and the electronic curtain regulates this population flow. — JV8033 .E443 — VHS
End of Innocence: World War I, 1914-1920
In English. Documentary — D-7539 — 16MM
The Essential History of Germany
By Byers. In German with subtitles. Documentary — This program looks beyond the image of a nation of prosperous, ebullient people, and finds a modern Germany plagued by the specter of its violent past, and fearful of its future. — DD232 .E873 — VHS
Eye of the III Reich
By Stumpfhaus. In German with subtitles. Documentary — Profiles Walter Frentz, personal photographer to Adolph Hitler and therefore documentarist of the Nazi inner circle. Reveals the man who was largely responsible for the world's cinematic record of Hitler, and in the process sheds new light on the workings of the Nazi propaganda machine. Includes interviews with Frentz and Leni Riefenstahl, the director of Triumph of the Will and Olympia. — TR849.F73 E9 — VHS
The Eye of Vichy
[L'Oeil de Vichy], by Chabrol. In French with subtitles. Documentary — A compilation of long forgotten film footage and newsreels, produced by the Nazis and French collaborators during World War II. From the small town of Vichy in Central France, Field Marshall Petain's puppet government worked with their Nazi overlords in creating pro-Nazi propaganda. They skillfully produced a strange alternative history of the war years in order to turn public emotion against the Allies and the Jews. — D810.P7 E9 — VHS