Stella Bruzzi
Professor of Film and Dean of Arts and Humanities at University College London
2 episodes
Covers topics in categories such as:
CultureNaturalized citizens of the United States20th-century American male writersCensorship in the Soviet UnionAustrian atheistsAustrian emigrants to GermanyCommanders Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of GermanyEyepatch wearersAustro-Hungarian military personnel of World War I, Austrian people of Jewish descent
Citizen Kane
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Orson Welles' 1941 film, long celebrated as one of the greatest ever made, which went on to influence generations of film-makers
15 December 2022
Also featuring: Ian Christie, John David Rhodes
Fritz Lang
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Fritz Lang, the director behind films such as Metropolis, Mabuse the Gambler and M in Weimar Germany and Fury and The Big Heat in Hollywood.
30 December 2021
Also featuring: Joe McElhaney, Iris Luppa
CultureNaturalized citizens of the United States20th-century American male writersAustrian atheistsAustrian emigrants to GermanyCommanders Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of GermanyEyepatch wearersAustro-Hungarian military personnel of World War I, Austrian people of Jewish descent