Siegfried Kracauer (1889-1966) a fost un scriitor, jurnalist, sociolog, critic cultural şi teoretician al cinematografiei, asociat uneori teoriei critice a Şcolii de la Frankfurt. Dintre lucrările sale amintim:
Soziologie als Wissenschaft. Eine erkenntnistheoretische Untersuchung, 1922
Propaganda and the Nazi War Film, 1942
From Caligari to Hitler. A Psychological History of the German Film, 1947
Theory of Film. The Redemption of Physical Reality, 1960
Das Ornament der Masse. Essays, 1963
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