PERSPECTIVES ON EUROPEAN FILM AND HISTORY compiles essays on European historical movies such as Luc Besson's The Messenger (1999), Oliver Hirschbiegel's Downfall (2004) and Mike Leigh's Vera Drake (2004). This new volume thus enriches scholarship on historical films, which tends to focus on Hollywood productions. The book features original contributions from internationally renowned scholars such as Robert Rosenstone, Amy Sargeant, Willem Hesling, Uli Jung, James Chapman and Brett Bowles. It was edited by Leen Engelen and Roel Vande Winkel. Perspectives on European Film and History is the fourth publication in the book series Film & TV Studies. TABLE OF CONTENTS Prologue: Historical Film as Palimpsest Bruno De Wever No Way to do History? Towards an Intertextual Model for the Analysis of Historical Films Leen Engelen An Icon of Change: Andrei Rublev (1966) as a Historical Film about the Birth of Russia Pascal Vandelanoitte Luc Besson's The Messenger (1999): Remaking Joan of Arc for the New Millennium Brett Bowles Artist Legends and the Historical Film. Alexander Korda's Rembrandt (1936) Willem Hesling The World Turned Upside Down: Cromwell (1970), Winstanley (1975), To Kill A King (2003) and the British historical film James Chapman 'A truly fatherlandish epic'? Karl Grune's Waterloo (1928) Uli Jung Reframing the Past to Change the Future. Reflections on Herbert Wilcox's Dawn (1928) as a Historical Documentary and War Film Liesbet Depauw Hitler's Downfall, a film from Germany (Der Untergang, 2004) Roel Vande Winkel The Time Which Is Yet To Come: Understanding My Friend Ivan Lapshin (1983-1985) Jasmijn Van Gorp Vera Drake (2004): The comfort of strangers, the discomforts of strangeness Amy Sargeant Epilogue: The Promise of History on Film Robert A. Rosenstone Notes on the Contributors Index SPECIFICATIONS Leen Engelen and Roel Vande Winkel (eds) Perspectives on European Film and History Ghent: Academia Press, 2007, 281 p. ISBN 97 890 3821082 7 Illustrations: b/w & colour For more information: http://www.wgfilmtv.ugent.be/wgfilm&tvEN/PerspectivesonEuropeanFilmandHistory.php ---- Screen-L is sponsored by the Telecommunication & Film Dept., the University of Alabama: http://www.tcf.ua.edu