Ideology and Excess in Nazi Melodrama: The Golden City

* My thanks to all those students, colleagues, and friends who over the years have contributed ideas and inspiration to my work on Nazi cinema and in the case of this article especially to Irmbert Schenk and Johannes von Moltke. 1. P.I., "'die goldenen Tiirme spiegeln sich -'," Filmwoche 19.39/40 (24 Sept. 1941): 774-76. 2. Brigitte von Mangoldt, "Die goldene Stadt," Filmwelt 45/46 (9 Dec. 1942): 360. 3. Director: Veit Harlan; script: Veit Harlan and Alfred Braun, based on Richard Billinger's play, Der Gigant; actors: Kristina Sgderbaum, Eugen Klipfer, Paul Klinger, Kurt Meisel, Annie Rosar, Liselotte Schreiner, Rudolf Prack et al.; cinematographer: Bruno Mondi; music: Hans-Otto Borgmann; production company: Ufa; German premiere: 24 Nov. 1942.