Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. The World Turned Upside Down: Changing Society, Changing Gender Roles, Changing Medium in Weimar Germany -- 2. The Eyes of the Mummy (Die Augen der Mumie Mâ, Ernst Lubitsch, 1918): From the Monster with the "Eyes That Live" to the Passive Object of the Male Gaze -- 3. Uncanny Tales (Unheimliche Geschichten, Richard Oswald, 1919): The Many Guises of the Dangerous Woman -- 4. Warning Shadows (Schatten: Eine nächtliche Halluzination, Artur Robison, 1923): Transgression, Abjection, Projection -- 5. The Hands of Orlac (Orlacs Hände, Robert Wiene, 1924): War Trauma, Injury, and the Return to a Changed World -- 6. A Daughter of Destiny (Alraune, Henrik Galeen, 1928) and Daughter of Evil (Alraune, Richard Oswald, 1930): From Dangerous Hybrid to Self-Sacrificing Woman -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index.