2/4/10. Snow White Behind the Iron Curtain. DEFA Feature Film.

Film Clip: DEFA Snow White: Opening Scene (cf Disney)

Lecture: Fairy Tales in the German Democratic Republic (GDR)
Children’s Films in the GDR:  (Zwischen Marx und Muck)

Fairy Tale Films in the GDR

Film Clip: (DEFA Snow White I) Kitchen Scene/Commentary of Servants + Queen Wants to Marry Young King

Lecture: DEFA Snow White (1961)
Depiction of the Underclasses: 

Film Clip: DEFA Snow White I (cont’d): + Gluttony, Waste of the Nobility

DEFA Meets Disney:

Film Clip: DEFA 7 Dwarfs

Unlike Disney

Final Film Clip: DEFA Snow White (Young King & 7 Dwarfs at Coffin)

In-Class Writing Assignment: Response to film on SPARK