Psychoanalytic Transformation of the Hoffmann’s “Sandman’s Complex” in M. Powell's film “Peeping Tom”
https://doi.org/10.69975/2074-0832-2026-67-1-19-30
Abstract
The article studies Michael Powell's interpretation of E.T.A. Hoffman's poetic style in his film “Peeping Tom” (1960). Based on the concept of the “Hoffmann’s complex”, the specifics of German Romanticism in the film are highlighted, forming a stable ideological and thematic “Sandman’s complex”. The study argues that the Hoffmann tradition is treated in “Peeping Tom” in terms of Freudian psychoanalysis, which became a universal symbolic language in the 20th century art. The research gives evidence to Hoffmann's intertext and its transformation in Powell's film.
About the Authors
V. V. Koroleva
Vladimir State University named after Alexander and Nikolay Stoletovs (VLSU); Social Sciences Privolzhsky Research Medical University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Vera V. Koroleva - Dr. Sci. (Philology), Professor, Head of the Department of Foreign Languages
A. R. Pritomskaya
Vladimir State University named after Alexander and Nikolay Stoletovs (VLSU).
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Alina R. Pritomskaya - assistant at the Department of Foreign Languages
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Koroleva V.V., Pritomskaya A.R. Psychoanalytic Transformation of the Hoffmann’s “Sandman’s Complex” in M. Powell's film “Peeping Tom”. Vestnik VGIK. 2026;18(1(67)):19-30. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.69975/2074-0832-2026-67-1-19-30
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