Physical Description
ix, 285 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Contents
Introduction
Jews in Germany : torn between two worlds
Jews and expressionism : "performing high and low"
The father of film noir : Fritz Lang
Fritz Lang in Hollywood
The French connection : Robert Siodmak
Viennese twins : Billy and Willy Wilder
The ABZs of film noir : Otto Preminger and Edgar G. Ulmer
Woman's directors : Curtis Bernhardt and Max Ophuls
Pathological noir, populist noir, and an act of violence : John Brahm, Anatole Litvak, Fred Zinnemann.
ISBN
9780813546292
081354629X (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780813546308 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0813546303 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Includes filmography.
Introduction -- Jews in Germany : torn between two worlds -- Jews and expressionism : "performing high and low" -- The father of film noir : Fritz Lang -- Fritz Lang in Hollywood -- The French connection : Robert Siodmak -- Viennese twins : Billy and Willy Wilder -- The ABZs of film noir : Otto Preminger and Edgar G. Ulmer -- Woman's directors : Curtis Bernhardt and Max Ophuls -- Pathological noir, populist noir, and an act of violence : John Brahm, Anatole Litvak, Fred Zinnemann.
Additional Form
Electronic version(s) available internally at USHMM.
