Beschreibung:
Tobias Hochscherf is Professor of Audiovisual Media at the University of Applied Sciences Kiel in Germany.
This study is a major appraisal of the contributions of German-speaking émigrés to British cinema from the late 1920s to the end of World War II.
List of illustrationsAcknowedgments1. Introduction2. Transnational developments and migrants: the internationalisation of British studios, 1927-333. Refugees from the Third Reich: 1933-394. 'What a difference a war makes': German-speaking 'enemy aliens' and valuable allies, 1939-455. Conclusions: The Legacy of German-speaking Filmmakers in BritainAfterthought: Postwar Émigré Careers and the Question of Remigration, 1945-49Sources and Select BibliographyIndex