Heide Schl pmann's classic study of early German cinema was published in German as Unheimlichkeit des Blicks: Das Drama des Fr hen deutschen Kinos in 1990. For the first time in English, this translation makes available her feminist examination of German cinema and Germany in the sociopolitical context of Wilhelmine society. By examining then-unknown pre-World War I narrative films, this study paints a picture of the conflicted early years of the...