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Siegfried Kracauer
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German writer, journalist, sociologist, cultural critic, and film theorist (1889-1966)

Also known as: Ginster, S. Kracauer, Siegfried Krakauer, Z. Krakauėr, Zigfrid Krakauėr, Зигфрид Кракауэр

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Known works

  • From Caligari to Hitler (1947)
  • The mass ornament
  • Jacques Offenbach and the Paris of his time (2002)
  • Kleine Schriften zum Film (2004)
  • Werke (2004)