Oberhausen Manifesto

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The Oberhausen Manifesto was a 1962 declaration by young West German filmmakers that rejected the existing film industry and called for a new, artistically and politically engaged German cinema.

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Oberhausen Manifesto canonical 1

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instanceOf cultural manifesto ⓘ
film manifesto ⓘ
historical document ⓘ
aim creation of a new German cinema ⓘ
greater artistic autonomy for directors ⓘ
political engagement in film ⓘ
rejection of the existing West German film industry ⓘ
support for young filmmakers ⓘ
callsFor new production and distribution structures ⓘ
state support independent of commercial interests ⓘ
support for short films ⓘ
circulation published in German film and cultural press ⓘ
context Cold War cultural politics ⓘ
West German short film movement ⓘ
country West Germany ⓘ
date 1962 ⓘ
describedAs founding document of New German Cinema ⓘ
rebellion of young German filmmakers ⓘ
genre political text ⓘ
hasEffect delegitimization of traditional commercial German cinema ⓘ
formation of new production structures ⓘ
greater international attention to German art cinema ⓘ
increased public funding for film in West Germany ⓘ
historicalPeriod postwar West Germany ⓘ
influenced New German Cinema ⓘ
linked to: German New Cinema

author-driven filmmaking in Germany ⓘ
language German ⓘ
legacy reference point for later film policy debates in Germany ⓘ
symbol of artistic renewal in German film ⓘ
location Oberhausen ⓘ
mainSubject German cinema ⓘ
artistic freedom in film ⓘ
film industry reform ⓘ
politically engaged cinema ⓘ
mediaType written declaration ⓘ
movement New German Cinema ⓘ
linked to: German New Cinema
opposedTo commercial Heimatfilm tradition ⓘ
studio-dominated production system ⓘ
signatory Alexander Kluge ⓘ
Danièle Huillet ⓘ
linked to: Jean-Marie Straub

Edgar Reitz ⓘ
Ferdinand Khittl ⓘ
Harald Reinl ⓘ
Herbert Vesely ⓘ
Jean-Marie Straub ⓘ
Peter Schamoni ⓘ
significantEvent turning point in postwar German film ⓘ
slogan Der alte Film ist tot. Wir glauben an den neuen. ⓘ
statedIn Short Film Festival Oberhausen ⓘ

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German New Cinema → emergedAfter → Oberhausen Manifesto ⓘ