"One of the most interesting areas of research in recent years is the relationship between Hitler's cultural commissars, in particular Goebbels, and the literature and film production of the Nazi years. For at least twenty years after the end of the Second World War, it was difficult to obtain copies of films made during the twelve-year-long Third Reich. An additional hindrance to research in this area was the understandable reluctance of many scholars to analyze the literary and cinematic productions of such a discredited regime. With the fall of the wall, the development of new video technologies, and the emergence of ever-greater interest in the film and in the cultural policies of Nazi Germany, scholars are in a far better position to analyze the productions of that period - a position that Schoeps's book fully exploits."--Jacket.