Entertainment Cinema as an Instrument of the Ideological Apparatus of the Third Reich

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The purpose of this article is to analyze how the Unterhaltungsfilme, entertainment films, produced by the nazi cinema between 1933 and 1945, also functioned as a tool for the dissemination of nazi ideology, even those that did not have an evidente propagandistic or ideological character. It demonstrates the primary role of allegory in this process. In addition, similarities and correspondences between nazi cinema and the German Baroque Drama, Trauerspiel, characterized and analyzed by Walter Benjamin, will be highlighted. 

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2025-07-01

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PRATES ROMERO, Pedro. Entertainment Cinema as an Instrument of the Ideological Apparatus of the Third Reich. Temporalidades, Belo Horizonte, v. 17, n. 1, p. 1–17, 2025. Disponível em: https://periodicos.ufmg.br/index.php/temporalidades/article/view/56635. Acesso em: 7 dec. 2025.