Celebrate Beethoven’s Birthday! |
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Summer Film InstitutePOSTPONED to 2021! |
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2020 marks the 250th anniversary of the birth of the great German composer Ludwig van Beethoven. An untiring compositional innovator, Beethoven was a crucial figure in the transition from the classical to the romantic era in classical music. |
Along with the rest of UMass Amherst, the DEFA Film Library is closing in an effort to flatten the curve. But our staff will continue to be available via email.
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Authority and Alterity in East German Movies: Political Experiments, Rebel Youth and Civil Unrest |
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Midnight Revue
Famous producer Otto Kruse brags that he will produce a successful, new kind of revue film. When the project is close to failing, he orders his stage manager to “do what it takes.” Soon his young female assistant finds...
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Rosaura
This film visually symbolizes the human ability to achieve goals. When humanity continues to fight and work for progress, development can't be stopped, even if individual people become weary and die....