Siegfried Kracauer

Siegfried Kracauer (February 8, 1889 – November 26, 1966) was a German writer, journalist, sociologist, cultural critic, and film theorist. He has sometimes been associated with the Frankfurt School of critical theory.

Works

• From Caligary to Hitler: A Psychological History of the German Film, Princeton University Press, 1947; rev.ed., exp., ed. & intro. Leonardo Quaresima, Princeton University Press, 2004, 348 pp. (English)
  • Von Caligari zu Hitler. Eine psychologische Geschichte des deutschen Films, trans. Ruth Baumgarten and Karsten Witte, Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp, 1979; 1984; 1995. (German)

• Theory of Film: The Redemption of Physical Reality, Oxford University Press, 1960, PDF. (English)
  • Film: ritorno alla realtà fisica, intro. Guido Aristarco, trans. Paolo Gobetti, Milan: Il Saggiatore, 1962, 524 pp. (Italian)
  • Theorie des Films: die Errettung der äußeren Wirklichkeit, trans. Friedrich Walter and Ruth Zellschan, Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp, 1964, 454 pp. (German)
  • Priroda filma: reabilitatsiya fizicheskoy realnosti, trans. D.F. Sokolovoy, Moscow: Iskusstvo, 1974, 422 pp. (Russian)
  • Dian ying di ben xing: wu zhi xian shi de fu yuan [电影的本性: 物质现实的复原], Beijing: Zhongguo dian ying chu ban she, 1981. (Chinese)
  • Teoría del cine: la redención de la realidad física, trans. Jorge Hornero, Barcelona: Paidós, 1989, vii+406 pp. (Spanish)

• Das Ornament der Masse: Essays, Suhrkamp, 1963. [1] (German)
  • The Mass Ornament: Weimar Essays, trans, ed. & intro. Thomas Y. Levin, Harvard University Press, 1995, 416 pp. (English)

Links

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siegfried_Kracauer