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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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historical document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 NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
mainSubject German cinema
artistic freedom in film
film industry reform
politically engaged cinema
mediaType written declaration
movement New German Cinema NERFINISHED
opposedTo commercial Heimatfilm tradition
studio-dominated production system
signatory Alexander Kluge NERFINISHED
Danièle Huillet NERFINISHED
Edgar Reitz NERFINISHED
Ferdinand Khittl NERFINISHED
Harald Reinl NERFINISHED
Herbert Vesely NERFINISHED
Jean-Marie Straub NERFINISHED
Peter Schamoni NERFINISHED
significantEvent turning point in postwar German film
slogan Der alte Film ist tot. Wir glauben an den neuen.
statedIn Short Film Festival Oberhausen NERFINISHED

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German New Cinema emergedAfter Oberhausen Manifesto