German-speaking Emigrés in British Cinema, 1925-1950 Event

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This conference is aimed at determining the influence of German-speaking émigrés on British cinema from the late silent film era to the immediate post-World War Two period, focussing on areas such as the exchange of technology (e.g. sound and colour), professional training and education, cross-cultural interplay, exile, genre, and representation. Areas of discussion included: Discussion/analysis of individual films made by émigré personnel Biographical studies, in the context of wider socio-cultural examination of patterns of migration and exile, and of international film production Industrial contexts (production methods; case studies of individual studios, producers) Film exile (studies) in the context of exile (studies) in general Film exile, World War II, and propaganda Trajectories of émigrés after 1945 Exchanges: émigré film in the context of an in relation to other media and art forms: music, theatre, literature, radio, television The conference took place at the University of Southampton (Avenue Campus) and was part of an AHRB-funded three-year research project at the University of Southampton.