This course focuses on German directors and actors who emigrated to the U.S. before and after the Nazi seizure of power, including Fritz Lang, Marlene Dietrich and Ernst Lubitsch. Topics include: expressionism, film noir, diaspora/exile, historical trauma, the anti-Nazi film/anti-fascist aesthetics, the Hollywood studio system, importing/exporting entertainment.

Antirequisite(s): Film Studies 3330F/G or American Studies 3330F/G, if taken in 2012-2013; Film Studies 2242F/G, if taken in 2010-2011; the former Film Studies 2297F/G.

Prerequisite(s): At least 60% in Film Studies 1020E or Film Studies 1022 or permission of the Department.

Extra Information: 2 lecture/seminar hours, 1 3-hour lecture.