Jun 21, 2010
German Filmmakers in Exile
Prof. Jan-Christopher Horak: Lecture, June 21, 11:45 am – 1 pm
In the next session, was dedicated to German speaking Jewish exiles in Hollywood, in order to provide a context for the week’s work to follow. As I told the students, over 1500 writers, directors, producers and other film workers were forced to leave Berlin, due to Hitler’s anti-Semitic blacklist. Interestingly, neither the German nor American students had any idea that some of Hollywood’s most famous directors were German born.
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