Fred Zinnemann and the Cinema of Resistance

by J.E. Smyth

Book Overview

Fred Zinnemann directed some of the most acclaimed and controversial films of the twentieth century, yet he has been a shadowy presence in Hollywood history. In Fred Zinnemann and the Cinema of Resistance, J. E. Smyth reveals the intellectual passion behind some of the most powerful films ever made about the rise and resistance to fascism and the legacy of the Second World War, from The Seventh Cross and The Search to High Noon, From...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1496802551
• ISBN13: 9781496802552
• Release Date: January 2015
• Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
• Length: 317 Pages
• Weight: 1.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"