'Just another Kraut'?: The Wehrmacht Traitor as ‘Good German’ in Hollywood’s Decision before Dawn (1951)

Major, P. (2020) 'Just another Kraut'?: The Wehrmacht Traitor as ‘Good German’ in Hollywood’s Decision before Dawn (1951). In: Purse, L. and Woelfel, U. (eds.) Mediating War and Identity: Figures of Transgression in 20th- and 21st-century War Representation. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh. ISBN 9781474446266

Abstract/Summary

A film-historical account of the making and reception of the Twentieth Century-Fox film 'Decision before Dawn' which portrayed the real-life story of a German line-crosser who volunteered to spy for US military intelligence in the final stages of the war. The piece analyses the 'good German' characters in the film, but also the political resistance which came from the US State Department, the Adenauer and Bavarian state governments, at a sensitive time of West German rearmament.

Item Type	Book or Report Section
URI	https://reading-clone.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/89220
Refereed	Yes
Divisions	Arts, Humanities and Social Science > Modern European Histories and Cultures
Publisher	Edinburgh University Press
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