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August Special Subject German Sirk Sampler Part 1 THE GIRL FROM THE MARSH CROFT (1935) & PILLARS OF SOCIETY (1936)

Published: Aug. 19, 2022, 4:24 a.m.

Our Special Subject for August is also our first look at German filmmaking under the Nazis, with two mid-1930s films by left-wing director and future Hollywood auteur Douglas Sirk:\xa0The Girl from the Marsh Croft, based on the novel by Selma Lagerl\xf6f, and\xa0Pillars of Society, based on the play by Henrik Ibsen. We consider the question of how it was possible to make liberal films under these circumstances\xa0and find early evidence of Sirk's interest in "split characters" and unconventional protagonists.\xa0

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Time Codes:

0h 1m 00s:\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Introductory discussion on Sirk at UFA during the 1933 to 1937 period

0h 13m 15s:\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 THE GIRL FROM THE MARSH CROFT (1935) [dir. Douglas Sirk]

0h 38m 15s:\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 PILLARS OF SOCIETY (1936) [dir. Douglas Sirk]

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