Description: Originally published under the title Continental Films: cinâema franðcais sous contrãole allemand.
Brief description:
Christine Leteux is the author of the biographies Albert Capellani: Cinéaste du romanesque (self-translated into English as Albert Capellani: Pioneer of the Silent Screen) and Maurice Tourneur: Réalisateur sans frontières. She is the translator of several books by British film historian and filmmaker Kevin Brownlow and the winner of the Raymond Chirat Prize, awarded by the Lumière Institute in Lyon.
Review Quotes: Praise for the French edition:
"Soon to become a classic among film books. . . . A real page turner."--La Septième Obsession "A striking 400-page 'feature film' as precise as the mechanics of a vintage Simplex projector. 'I've been waiting for such a book for years, ' exclaims Bertrand Tavernier in the foreword. He is not the only one."--Le Canard Enchaîné "Provides a fascinating panorama, embodied, unexpected, confused, and illuminating."--Le Figaro