Gemunden, G: Continental Strangers German Exile Cinema, 1933-1951

Deftly, Gerd Gemunden combines perceptive close readings of select films with sharp archival investigation to show how some key movies of classical Hollywood came -- in often fraught manner -- to engage with the evils of fascism. By understanding cinema as a complex negotiation over political meanings, from production to final results onscreen, this volume represents a very major contribution indeed to the literature on the Hollywood emigres and their cultural work. -- Dana Polan, New York University