City of darkness, city of light : émigré filmmakers in Paris, 1929-1939 / Alastair Phillips.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Phillips, Alastair, 1963- author.

Series:

Film culture in transition

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion picture industry--France--Paris--History.

Motion picture industry.

Motion picture producers and directors--Germany--Biography.

Motion picture producers and directors.

Motion picture producers and directors--Austria--Biography.

Germans--France--Paris.

Germans.

Austrians--France--Paris.

Austrians.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (253 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2004.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

The volume is the first-ever book-length study of the cinematic representation of Paris in the films of German èmigrè filmmakers.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Acknowledgements

Chapter One: Introduction

Chapter Two: The City in Context

Chapter Three: City of Light

Chapter Four: City of Darkness

Chapter Five: Divided City

Chapter Six: Conclusion

Notes

Appendices

Filmography

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Feb 2021).

Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-241) and index.

This eBook is made available Open Access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0https://www.aup.nl/en/publish/open-access

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed September 05 2025)

ISBN:

9786610958962

9781280958960

1280958960

9789048505258

9048505259

9780585498188

0585498180

OCLC:

476252156

Access Restriction:

Open access Unrestricted online access