Destination London: German-Speaking Emigr s and British Cinema, 1925-1950
The legacy of emigrés in the British film industry, from the silent film era until after the Second World War, has been largely neglected in the scholarly literature. Destination London is the first book to redress this imbalance. Focusing on areas such as exile, genre, technological transfer, professional training and education, cross—cultural exchange and representation, it begins by mapping the reasons for this neglect before examining the contributions made to British cinema by emigré directors, actors, screenwriters, cinematographers, set designers, and composers. It goes on to assess the cultural and economic contexts of transnational industry collaborations in the 1920s, artistic cosmopolitanism in the 1930s, and anti—Nazi propaganda in the 1940s.

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Destination London: German-Speaking Emigr s and British Cinema, 1925-1950
The legacy of emigrés in the British film industry, from the silent film era until after the Second World War, has been largely neglected in the scholarly literature. Destination London is the first book to redress this imbalance. Focusing on areas such as exile, genre, technological transfer, professional training and education, cross—cultural exchange and representation, it begins by mapping the reasons for this neglect before examining the contributions made to British cinema by emigré directors, actors, screenwriters, cinematographers, set designers, and composers. It goes on to assess the cultural and economic contexts of transnational industry collaborations in the 1920s, artistic cosmopolitanism in the 1930s, and anti—Nazi propaganda in the 1940s.

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Overview

The legacy of emigrés in the British film industry, from the silent film era until after the Second World War, has been largely neglected in the scholarly literature. Destination London is the first book to redress this imbalance. Focusing on areas such as exile, genre, technological transfer, professional training and education, cross—cultural exchange and representation, it begins by mapping the reasons for this neglect before examining the contributions made to British cinema by emigré directors, actors, screenwriters, cinematographers, set designers, and composers. It goes on to assess the cultural and economic contexts of transnational industry collaborations in the 1920s, artistic cosmopolitanism in the 1930s, and anti—Nazi propaganda in the 1940s.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781845455323
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Publication date: 08/01/2008
Series: Film Europa , #6
Pages: 272
Product dimensions: 6.20(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Tim Bergfelder is Professor in Film at the University of Southampton. He is the author of International Adventures: Popular German Cinema and European Co—Productions in the 1960s (2005). His co—edited or co—authored volumes include The German Cinema Book (2002), The Titanic in Myth and Memory: Representations in Visual and Literary Culture (2004), and Film Architecture and the Transnational Imagination (2007).

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

Chapter 1. Introduction: German—speaking Emigrés and British Cinema, 1925–50: Cultural Exchange, Exile and the Boundaries of National Cinema
Tim Bergfelder

Chapter 2. Life Is a Variety Theatre: E.A. Dupont’s Career in German and British Cinema
Tim Bergfelder

Chapter 3. Geza von Bolvary, Arnold Ridley and ‘Film Europe’
Lawrence Napper

Chapter 4. Inside the Robots’ Castle: Ufa’s English—language Versions in the Early 1930s
Chris Wahl

Chapter 5. Flamboyant Realism: Werner Brandes and British International Pictures in the Late 1920s
Kelly Robinson

Chapter 6. Famously Unknown: Günther Krampf’s Work as Cinematographer in British Films
Michael Omasta

Chapter 7. ‘German, or still more horrible thought, Russian – at any rate, it is un—English!’ A Wide Shot of Exile, Emigré and Itinerant Activity in the British Film Industry in the 1930s
Amy Sargeant

Chapter 8. Extending Frames and Exploring Spaces: Alfred Junge, Set Design and Genre in British Cinema
Sarah Street

Chapter 9. Lost in Siberia: Ernö Metzner in Britain Laurie
N. Ede

Chapter 10. ‘Be kvite kviet, everybody, please!’: Paul L. Stein and British Cinema
Christian Cargnelli

Chapter 11. Allegories of Displacement: Conrad Veidt’s British Films
Gerd Gemünden

Chapter 12. Anton Walbrook: The Continental Consort
Michael Williams

Chapter 13. From ‘Alien Person’ to ‘Darling Lilli’: Lilli Palmer’s Roles in British Cinema
Barbara Ziereis

Chapter 14. ‘You call us “Germans”, you call us “brothers” – but we are not your brothers!’: British Anti—Nazi Films and German speaking Emigrés
Tobias Hochscherf

Chapter 15. Carl Mayer: Years of Exile in London
Brigitte Mayr

Chapter 16. Music for the People: Escapism and Social Comment in the Work of Hans May and Ernst Meyer
Geoff Brown

Chapter 17. I Know Where I’m Going! Hearing Germanic Music in the Scottish Isles
K.J. Donnelly

Chapter 18. ‘An Animated Quest for Freedom’: Mátyás Seiber’s Score for The Magic Canvas
Florian Scheding

Notes on Contributors
Bibliography
Index

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