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Berghahn Books Destination London German-Speaking Emigres and British Cinema 1925-1950 2008 Edition by Tim Bergfelder, Christian Cargnelli
The legacy of emigres 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 emigre 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. Table of contents :- AcknowledgementsChapter 1. Introduction: German-speaking Emigres and British Cinema, 1925-50: Cultural Exchange, Exile and the Boundaries of National CinemaTim BergfelderChapter 2. Life Is a Variety Theatre: E.A. Dupont's Career in German and British CinemaTim BergfelderChapter 3. Geza von Bolvary, Arnold Ridley and 'Film Europe'Lawrence NapperChapter 4. Inside the Robots' Castle: Ufa's English-language Versions in the Early 1930sChris WahlChapter 5. Flamboyant Realism: Werner Brandes and British International Pictures in the Late 1920sKelly RobinsonChapter 6. Famously Unknown: Gunther Krampf's Work as Cinematographer in British FilmsMichael OmastaChapter 7. 'German, or still more horrible thought, Russian - at any rate, it is un-English!' A Wide Shot of Exile, Emigre and Itinerant Activity in the British Film Industry in the 1930sAmy SargeantChapter 8. Extending Frames and Exploring Spaces: Alfred Junge, Set Design and Genre in British CinemaSarah StreetChapter 9. Lost in Siberia: Ernoe Metzner in Britain LaurieN. EdeChapter 10. 'Be kvite kviet, everybody, please!': Paul L. Stein and British CinemaChristian CargnelliChapter 11. Allegories of Displacement: Conrad Veidt's British FilmsGerd GemundenChapter 12. Anton Walbrook: The Continental ConsortMichael WilliamsChapter 13. From 'Alien Person' to 'Darling Lilli': Lilli Palmer's Roles in British CinemaBarbara ZiereisChapter 14. 'You call us "Germans", you call us "brothers" - but we are not your brothers!': British Anti-Nazi Films and German speaking EmigresTobias HochscherfChapter 15. Carl Mayer: Years of Exile in LondonBrigitte MayrChapter 16. Music for the People: Escapism and Social Comment in the Work of Hans May and Ernst MeyerGeoff BrownChapter 17. I Know Where I'm Going! Hearing Germanic Music in the Scottish IslesK.J. DonnellyChapter 18. 'An Animated Quest for Freedom': Matyas Seiber's Score for The Magic CanvasFlorian SchedingNotes on ContributorsBibliographyIndex