Destination London: German-speaking emigrés and British cinema, 1925-1950

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Acknowledgements Chapter 1. Introduction: German-speaking Emigres and British Cinema, 1925 - 50: Cultural Exchange, Exile and the Boundaries of National Cinema Tim Bergfelder Chapter 2. Life Is a Variety Theatre: E.A. Dupont's Career in German and British Cinema Tim Bergfelder Chapter 3. Geza von Bolvary, Arnold Ridley and 'Film Europe' Lawrence Napper Chapter 4. Inside the Robots' Castle: Ufa's English-language Versions in the Early 1930s Chris Wahl Chapter 5. Flamboyant Realism: Werner Brandes and British International Pictures in the Late 1920s Kelly Robinson Chapter 6. Famously Unknown: Gunther Krampf's Work as Cinematographer in British Films Michael Omasta Chapter 7. 'German, or still more horrible thought, Russian - at any rate, it is un-English!' A Wide Shot of Exile, Emigre and Itinerant Activity in the British Film Industry in the 1930s Amy Sargeant Chapter 8. Extending Frames and Exploring Spaces: Alfred Junge, Set Design and Genre in British Cinema Sarah Street Chapter 9. Lost in Siberia: Erno Metzner in Britain Laurie N. Ede Chapter 10. 'Be kvite kviet, everybody, please!': Paul L. Stein and British Cinema Christian Cargnelli Chapter 11. Allegories of Displacement: Conrad Veidt's British Films Gerd Gemunden Chapter 12. Anton Walbrook: The Continental Consort Michael Williams Chapter 13. From 'Alien Person' to 'Darling Lilli': Lilli Palmer's Roles in British Cinema Barbara Ziereis Chapter 14. 'You call us "Germans", you call us "brothers" - but we are not your brothers!': British Anti-Nazi Films and German speaking Emigres Tobias Hochscherf Chapter 15. Carl Mayer: Years of Exile in London Brigitte Mayr Chapter 16. Music for the People: Escapism and Social Comment in the Work of Hans May and Ernst Meyer Geoff Brown Chapter 17. I Know Where I'm Going! Hearing Germanic Music in the Scottish Isles K.J. Donnelly Chapter 18. 'An Animated Quest for Freedom': Matyas Seiber's Score for The Magic Canvas Florian Scheding Notes on Contributors Bibliography Index