Migration und Utopie im deutschen Gegenwartskino am Beispiel von Achim von Borries’ "England!" und Hans-Christian Schmids "Lichter"

Abstract

Achim von Borries’ England! and Hans-Christian Schmid’s Distant Lights [Lichter] are two key examples of how the current issue of (economic) migration from eastern to western Europe is explored in contemporary German cinema. Set in two locations that act as places of transit for migrants from the east - the capital Berlin and the economically depressed border region along the river Oder - the films show their characters’ utopian strive for a better future. Even though they deal with it in very different ways, both films emphasise the heightened role of the imagination in a globalised world and highlight its problematic consequences.

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College of Business and Social Sciences > School of Social Sciences & Humanities > Centre for Language Research at Aston (CLaRA)
College of Business and Social Sciences > School of Social Sciences & Humanities
ISBN: 978-90-420-2261-4
Last Modified: 11 Mar 2024 08:06
Date Deposited: 29 Nov 2013 12:21
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PURE Output Type: Chapter
Published Date: 2007-10-15
Authors: Gremler, Claudia (ORCID Profile 0000-0001-5504-9205)

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