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      The Film Explainer

      by Gert Hofmann
      Published
      Jun 1996
      Main Genre
      Historical Historical
      Pages
      250
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      It is the early 1930s in Limbach, an industrial village suffering from the depression. Karl Hofmann narrates silent movies at the local cinema. The job pays poorly and is largely unnecessary, as the films have subtitles and the crowds are small, but Karl sees himself as an artist: he is convinced only his explanation will make the movies accessible to the ever-shrinking audience. When the "talkies" arrive and he loses his job after a quarrel with the Jewish theater owner, Karl loses his sense of purpose and joins the Nazi Party--the first step toward his horrible end.

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      General Fiction

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      Historical

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      Jun 1996 Northwestern University Press ISBN13 9780810112933 ISBN10 0810112930
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