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Auction History Result 4d0020 DEUTSCHE FILMKUNST 1943-44 hardcover German campaign book 1943 ultra rare! Date Sold 5/3/2020 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage German Campaign Book (measures 8 1/2" x 12" [22 x 30 cm]; 114 pages) (Learn More) Deutsche Filmkunst 1943 - 1944, the 1943 German hardcover campaign book sent to theater owners to encourage them to show movies made by German studios at that time, both pro-Nazi movies and romantic melodramas that were popular in Germany at this time. We have included images of the cover of the book and several of the interior pages (and we did not make a big effort to find the best ones, and we really wish we could have pictured them all!). This book advertises films made by many of the German studios that were still in existence at this time, plus Austrian films as well. Naturally, since they were released in Nazi Germany, most of those movies are not at all known today, and many of them may have been on the "forbidden" list. Note that even though this campaign book was sent to many theater owners, it appears that very few examples have survived (and surely German editions of campaign books are even more rare, both because of German World War II paper drives, and because the ones made during World War II have Nazi content!). I have been a collector of campaign books and related material for many years, and I know for certain that this campaign book is extremely rare! Note that some of the movies listed in this book may never have been made at all, and some had their titles changed, and some had their cast or director changed! Note that studios almost always spent far more money preparing campaign books than they did preparing movie posters (often hiring very talented and well-known illustration artists), because campaign books directly benefited the studio in getting theaters to book the movies, whereas posters more benefited the theaters, rather than the studios (although of course, what was good for the theaters was ultimately good for the studios as well). Finally, note that campaign books in general are extremely rare, and the best of them have often sold for hundreds of dollars, and in the case of the very finest, thousands of dollars! Important Added Info: Note that we have never before auctioned this German campaign book! Also note that German campaign books from the heart of World War II are incredibly rare (both because they likely didn't make too many, but also because surely most were destroyed right after the war. Condition: very good to fine. There is minor wear around the edges of the covers, but otherwise, it is in really nice condition! Learn More about condition grades 
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