The continental connection : German-speaking émigrés and British cinema, 1927-1945 / Tobias Hochscherf.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hochscherf, Tobias, 1976-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures--Great Britain--History.

Motion pictures.

Great Britain.

History.

Germans--Great Britain.

Germans.

Physical Description:

xii, 244 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Manchester ; New York : Manchester University Press, 2011.

Summary:

This study is a major appraisal of the contributions of German-speaking ?migr?s to British cinema from the late 1920s to the end of World War II. Through a series of film analyses and case studies, it challenges notions of a self-sufficient British national cinema by advancing the assumption that filmmakers from Berlin, Munich and Vienna had a major influence on aesthetics, themes and narratives, technical innovation, the organisation of work and the introduction of apprenticeship schemes. Whether they came voluntarily, or as refugees, their contributions and expertise helped to consolidate the studio system and ultimately made possible the establishment of a viable Britisl film industry.

Hochscherf talks about such figures as Ewald André Dupont, Alfred Junge, Oscar Werndorff, Mutz Greenbaum and Werner Brandes, and such companies as Korda's London Film Productions, Powell and Pressburger's The Archers and Michae Balcon's Gaumont-British. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Introduction 1

2 Transnational developments and migrants: the internationalisation of British studios, 1927-1933 17

3 Refugees from the Third Reich, 1933-1939 57

4 'What a difference a war makes': German-speaking 'enemy aliens' and valuable allies, 1939-1945 149

5 Conclusions: The legacy of German-speaking filmmakers in Britain 205.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 220-230) and index.

ISBN:

9780719083099

0719083095

OCLC:

701811087