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a brown book with black writing on the cover
Jeschke Jádi Auctions Berlin

991 - Film Belling, Curt
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Estimate €300 - €450
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Description
Film Belling, Curt Film in the State and the Party. With the collaboration of Carlernst Graf Strachwitz. With further illustrations. Berlin: Verlag Der Film, 1936. Large 8vo. 143 pp. Original cardboard binding with title on front cover (back cover and left-hand pages slightly warped). First edition. – With a handwritten dedication by the author on the endpaper. - A rare, seminal programmatic work on the ‘Gleichschaltung’ and propaganda of German cinema under National Socialism. The book documents and legitimises, from the perpetrators’ perspective, the radical restructuring of the German film industry following the seizure of power in 1933. Its significance lies above all in the fact that, as a primary historical document, it reveals the mechanisms of Nazi film policy. - A few pages with slight foxing along the outer margins. This lot is subject to standard tax. A 24.95% buyer’s premium is payable on the hammer price, and 7% (Books and Art) or 19% VAT (Manuscripts, Screenprints, Offset Prints, Photographs) is payable on the final invoice amount within the European Union. This lot is subject to standard taxation. A 24.95% buyer’s premium applies to the hammer price, and 7% (books and art) or 19% VAT (manuscripts, screen prints, offset prints and photographs) applies to the final invoice amount within the European Union.
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About the sale Valuable books, prints, historical photographs
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Auction time 10/24/2026 at 10:00 AM
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