Homo Sapiens 1900
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Features: archival photo gallery, chapters.
Narrator: Jan Holmquist.
Examines the history of eugenics, racial hygiene and the ideas of the "new man," as developed in the early 20th century in Germany and the Soviet Union. In Germany, race hygiene focused on the body, on corporal beauty and the ideal form, while in the Soviet Union, eugenic interest focused on the brain and intellect.
DVD ; full screen.
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PUBLISHED
New York, NY : First Run Features, [2004].
Year Published: 2004
Description: 1 videodisc (85 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language: English
Format: DVD
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Cohen, Peter, 1946-
Holmquist, Jan.
Arte Factum.
Sveriges television.
Svenska filminstitutet.
First-Run Features (Firm)
SUBJECTS
Eugenics -- Germany -- History -- 20th century.
Eugenics -- Soviet Union -- History -- 20th century.
Body, Human -- Political aspects -- Germany.
Body, Human -- Political aspects -- Soviet Union.
Medicine -- Political aspects -- Germany.
Medicine -- Political aspects -- Soviet Union.
Brain -- Political aspects -- Soviet Union.
National socialism -- History.
Documentary films.