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Friedrich Dalsheim

By Louise von Plessen, Louise von Plessen

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Friedrich Dalsheim

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A discovery in the attic at the Gut Wahlstorf estate in Schleswig-Holstein led to this reclamation of the life and work of Friedrich Dalsheim, a pioneer in the field of ethnographic film. The director, screenwriter, producer and cameraman was born in 1895 in Frankfurt am Main, the son of Jewish parents. In 1936, prompted by professional exclusion and a ban from working enacted by the National Socialist regime, he took his own life while in exile in Switzerland. Dalsheim’s four films consistently adopt the perspective of those shown on camera. He filmed MENSCHEN IM BUSCH (1930), together with Gulla Pfeffer, in Togo. With Victor Baron von Plessen, who headed the expedition, and Walter Spies, he realized DIE INSEL DER DÄMONEN (1933) on Bali. PALOS BRUDEFAERD (1934) was created with Knud Rasmussen in East Greenland. Collaborating again with Victor Baron von Plessen, this time with Richard Angst behind the camera, Dalsheim shot DIE KOPFJÄGER VON BORNEO (1936) among the indigenous Dayak and Punan peoples in the jungles of Borneo. This publication sheds light on the films’ expeditionary character and production conditions, on contemporaneous critique, and the historical and sociopolitical contexts. In the process, it raises questions about “ethnographic truth” in the realm between documentary and feature film and tells the story of Friedrich Dalsheim collection of objects from Borneo, which, in 1937, found its way into the Museum für Völkerkunde (formerly the Museum of Ethnology, now the Museum Five Continents) in Munich.
Product details
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
360
Release Date:
2022-03-01
Publication Date:
2022-03-31
Publisher:
Hentrich und Hentrich Verlag Berlin
Languages:
Original: German, Original: English
ISBN10:
3955655059
ISBN13:
9783955655051
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
1278 g
Height:
215 cm
Width:
225 cm

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