Open AccessThe Image of Femme Fatale in German Films of the 1920s as Evidence of the Process of Society Renewal
Author(s) -
Svetlana A. Smagina
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
vestnik vgik
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2713-2471
pISSN - 2074-0832
DOI - 10.17816/vgik10397-106
Subject(s) - german , movie theater , representation (politics) , style (visual arts) , art , art history , life style , literature , sociology , history , law , political science , demography , archaeology , politics
The article deals with representation of female characters in the German cinema of the 1920s focusing on the femme fatale as the exponent of the spirit of the age and its numerous inner problems. Then and there, the femme fatale appears as a revolutionary image challenging the traditional life style. tte author analyses the most exemplary films with such a heroine: Genuine, die Tragdie eines seltsamen Hauses, Dirnentragdie and Asphalt.