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Autor/in: James Downs
Titel: Exile Studies; Anton Walbrook - A Life of Masks and Mirrors
Verlag: Peter Lang Ltd. International Academic Publishers
438 Seiten
Erscheinungsjahr: 2021-01-21
Oxford; GB
Gedruckt / Hergestellt in Großbritannien.
Sprache: Englisch
64,95 € (DE)
64,90 € (AT)
77,00 CHF (CH)
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EA; E101; Nonbooks, PBS / Kunst/Theater, Ballett; Theaterwissenschaft; Verstehen; HISTORY / General; LITERARY CRITICISM / European / German; Theatre studies; Literature & literary studies; History; Anton; Anton Walbrook; Anton Walbrook: A Life of Masks and Mirrors; Downs; film and theatre/performing arts; James Downs; Life; Masks; Mirrors; Walbrook; refugee & migration studies; Biographie, Literatur und Literaturwissenschaft; Geschichte; EA; EA; BC

– and later work with Max Ophuls and Otto Preminger.

Despite great popularity and a prolific career of some forty films, alongside theatre, radio and television work, Walbrook was an intensely private individual who kept much of his personal life hidden from view. His reticence created an aura of mystery and «otherness» about him, which coloured both his acting performances and the way he was perceived by the public – an image that was reinforced in Britain by his continental background.

Remarkably, this is the first full-length biography of Walbrook, drawing on over a decade of extensive archival research to document his life and acting career.

. Despite great popularity and a prolific career, Walbrook’s persona had an aura of mystery. This is the first full-length biography of the star.

List of Illustrations – Introduction and Acknowledgements – Wohlbrück – Circuses, Cloisters and Barbed Wire: Early Years, 1896–1919 – ‘I suppose one doesn’t count as a human being without a uniform.’ Stage, Silence and Sound, 1920–1932 – ‘You underestimate the lion.’ Stardom and Society, 1933–1934 – ‘Sentimental Dreamer … one cannot change one’s own skin.’ Filmmaking under the New Regime, 1934–1935 – ‘Will take the next ship … Useless to stop us.’ Leaving Germany for Hollywood, 1935–1936 – Walbrook – ‘How can one live happily in a country that’s so difficult to get to?’ The Exile Arrives in England, 1937–1938 – ‘I want to know more about the man!’ British Stage and Screen, 1939–1940 – ‘You call us brothers.’ Europe, the USA and International Relations, 1941–1942 – ‘This is not a Gentleman’s War.’ Playing ‘the Good German’, 1943–1945 – ‘Time rushes by, love rushes by, life rushes by …’ War, Peace and Postwar Identities, 1946–1949 – Life as Movement – ‘We’re in the past. I　adore the past.’ Circles and Roundabouts, 1950–1951 – ‘Everybody’s wearing masks.’ Myths of Mitteleuropa, 1952–1955 – ‘Have you never thought of staying? Of resting? Settling down for a while?’ Saints and Sinners, 1955–1957 – ‘The last chapter of my life has been written:　a self-parody, naturally, with an ending like a third-rate kitsch operetta.’ First Steps on the Small Screen, 1958–1966 – Song at Twilight:　Final Performance, Death and Legacy – Appendices – Filmography – Theatre Performances – Discography – Bibliography – Index.