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By drawing on the Heimatfilm heritage, the unification comedies discussed in the previous chapter are able to present a sanitized version of the transition in which genial east Germans overcome various challenges and disappointments. The films typically centre on small communities in the east, which...

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1. Verfasser:	Hodgin, Nick
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Zusammenfassung:	By drawing on the Heimatfilm heritage, the unification comedies discussed in the previous chapter are able to present a sanitized version of the transition in which genial east Germans overcome various challenges and disappointments. The films typically centre on small communities in the east, which, despite limited means, manage to withstand the vulgar pressures of western commercial interests. Combining aptitude with a sense of collective purpose, the fictional communities stand firm against the corrupt power of anonymous corporations. Though the heroes of the films are east German everyman figures, their east German identity is not inscribed with either the politics