The role played by film in reshaping Austria\u2019s post-war national identity is often studied within narrow historical and geographical margins. Film history traditionally focuses on either the work of a sole director, German cinematography, or the immediate aftermath of World War II, and neglects the link that exists between historical television films and Austria\u2019s distinct culture of remembrance. In Austria\u2019s Difficult Past, Jakub Gortat addresses this gap by providing a comprehensive analysis of television films produced by Austrian (ORF) and German television studios between 1961 and 1980. In doing so, he explores the way films mediated the burden of memory and the legacy of Austria\u2019s complicity in the Nazi regime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Table of Contents<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n List of Figures<\/p>\n\n\n\n Acknowledgments<\/p>\n\n\n\n Introduction<\/p>\n\n\n\n Chapter 1. Austrian Culture of Remembrance and the Media<\/p>\n\n\n\n Chapter 2. The Difficult Past in Docufiction<\/p>\n\n\n\n Chapter 3. Axel Corti Comes to Terms with the Difficult Past in the 1970s<\/p>\n\n\n\n Chapter 4. National Socialism Comes to the Heimat: Alpensaga IV and V<\/p>\n\n\n\n Chapter 5. Adaptations. Difficult Past in the Fiction Films<\/p>\n\n\n\n Conclusion<\/p>\n\n\n\n Appendix: Number of Emissions and Number of Phone Calls Made by Viewers after the Emissions<\/p>\n\n\n\n Bibliography<\/p>\n\n\n\n Index<\/p>\n\n\n\n About the Author<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Jakub Gortat <\/strong>is Assistant Professor in the Institute of German Philology at the University of Lodz. His academic interests fall into the area of the German and Austrian politics of memory, the intersections of film, history and politics in Germany and Austria, as well as German-Polish cultural relations after 1945. He has recently published research in New German Critique; German Life and Letters; Journal of Adaptation in Film & Performance; Journal of Austrian Studies, and Holocaust Studies – A Journal of Culture and History.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 338 pages \/ 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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