Continental Strangers: German Exile Cinema, 1933-1951 (Film and Culture Series)

Hundreds Of German-speaking Film Professionals Took Refuge In Hollywood During The 1930s And 1940s, Making A Lasting Contribution To American Cinema. Hailing From Austria, Hungary, Poland, Russia, And The Ukraine, As Well As Germany, And Including Ernst Lubitsch, Fred Zinnemann, Billy Wilder, And Fritz Lang, These Multicultural, Multilingual Writers And Directors Betrayed Distinct Cultural Sensibilities In Their Art. Gerd Gemünden Focuses On Edgar G. Ulmer's The Black Cat (1934), William Dieterle's The Life Of Emile Zola (1937), Ernst Lubitsch's To Be Or Not To Be (1942), Bertolt Brecht And Fritz Lang's Hangmen Also Die (1943), Fred Zinnemann's Act Of Violence (1948), And Peter Lorre's Der Verlorene (1951), Engaging With Issues Of Realism, Auteurism, And Genre While Tracing The Relationship Between Film And History, Hollywood Politics And Censorship, And Exile And (re)migration.-- Part 1. Parallel Modernities -- A History Of Horror -- Tales Of Urgency And Authenticity -- Part 2. Hitler In Hollywood -- Performing Resistance, Resisting Performance -- History As Propaganda And Parable -- Part 3. You Can't Go Home Again -- Out Of The Past -- The Failure Of Atonement -- Epilogue. Gerd Gemünden. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Hundreds of German-speaking film professionals took refuge in Hollywood during the 1930s and 1940s, making a lasting contribution to American cinema. Hailing from Austria, Hungary, Poland, Russia, and the Ukraine, as well as Germany, and including Ernst Lubitsch, Fred Zinnemann, Billy Wilder, and Fritz Lang, these multicultural, multilingual writers and directors betrayed distinct cultural sensibilities in their art. Gerd Gemünden focuses on Edgar G. Ulmer's The Black Cat (1934), William Dieterle's The Life of Emile Zola (1937), Ernst Lubitsch's To Be or Not to Be (1942), Bertolt Brecht and Fritz Lang's Hangmen Also Die (1943), Fred Zinnemann's Act of Violence (1948), and Peter Lorre's Der Verlorene (1951), engaging with issues of realism, auteurism, and genre while tracing the relationship between film and history, Hollywood politics and censorship, and exile and (re)migration.-- Provided by Publisher Hundreds of German-speaking film professionals took refuge in Hollywood during the 1930s and 1940s, making a lasting contribution to American cinema. Hailing from Austria, Hungary, Poland, Russia, and the Ukraine, as well as Germany, and including Ernst Lubitsch, Fred Zinnemann, Billy Wilder, and Fritz Lang, these multicultural, multilingual writers and directors betrayed distinct cultural sensibilities in their art. Gerd Gemünden focuses on Edgar G. Ulmer’s The Black Cat (1934), William Dieterle’s The Life of Emile Zola (1937), Ernst Lubitsch’s To Be or Not to Be (1942), Bertold Brecht and Fritz Lang’s Hangmen Also Die (1943), Fred Zinneman’s Act of Violence (1948), and Peter Lorre’s Der Verlorene (1951), engaging with issues of realism, auteurism, and genre while tracing the relationship between film and history, Hollywood politics and censorship, and exile and (re)migration. Table of Contents......Page 6 Acknowledgments......Page 8 Introduction......Page 14 Part I: Parallel Modernities......Page 32 1. A History of Horror......Page 34 2. Tales of Urgency and Authenticity......Page 61 Part II: Hitler in Hollywood......Page 88 3. Performing Resistance, Resisting Performance......Page 90 4. History as Propaganda and Parable......Page 115 Part III: You Can’t Go Home Again......Page 142 5. Out of the Past......Page 144 6. The Failure of Atonement......Page 173 Epilogue......Page 202 Notes......Page 206 Selected Bibliography......Page 242 Index......Page 276