{"product_id":"continental-strangers-german-exile-cinema-1933-1951-paperback","title":"Continental Strangers: German Exile Cinema, 1933-1951 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGerd Gem?den\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHundreds 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 Gem?den focuses on Edgar G. Ulmer's \u003ci\u003eThe Black Cat\u003c\/i\u003e (1934), William Dieterle's \u003ci\u003eThe Life of Emile Zola\u003c\/i\u003e (1937), Ernst Lubitsch's \u003ci\u003eTo Be or Not to Be\u003c\/i\u003e (1942), Bertolt Brecht and Fritz Lang's \u003ci\u003eHangmen Also Die\u003c\/i\u003e (1943), Fred Zinnemann's \u003ci\u003eAct of Violence\u003c\/i\u003e (1948), and Peter Lorre's \u003ci\u003eDer Verlorene\u003c\/i\u003e (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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eGerd Gem?den is the Sherman Fairchild Professor in the Humanities at Dartmouth College.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 296\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 21, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47461725536434,"sku":"9780231166799","price":61.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/a152c27364246486579dbe7904d27daf.webp?v=1778954106","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/continental-strangers-german-exile-cinema-1933-1951-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}