Performing Arts, History & Criticism, Theory, World, Emigration & Immigration 

Film Europa 

The legacy of emigres in the British film industry, from the silent film era until after the Second World War, has been largely neglected in the scholarly literature. Destination London is the first book to redress this imbalance.  

Contents: 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: Ernoe 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