Between Two Worlds: The Jewish Presence in German and Austrian Film, 1910-1933

by S.S. Prawer and Siegbert Solomon Prawer

Book Overview

Jews have been well represented in the cinema industry from the beginning of the film era: behind the screen, as producers, distributors, directors, script-writers, composers, set designers; and on the screen, as Jewish actors and as named Jewish characters in the film's plot. Some of these characters are fictional; others, ranging from Rabbi Loew of Prague to Ferdinand Lassalle and Alfred Dreyfus, have a historic original. This book examines how...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1845453034
• ISBN13: 9781845453039
• Release Date: September 2007
• Publisher: Berghahn Books
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"