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Saturday, 29. December 2007, 18:06:37

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Roger Moorhouse: Killing Hitler / Bilingual review

Tuesday, 11. December 2007, 12:55:48

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Roger Moorhouse: Killing Hitler
Die Attentäter, die Pläne und warum sie scheiterten (Deutscher Titel)

Buchbesprechung auf Deutsch

Das im Marix Verlag erschienene Buch "Killing Hitler" von Roger Moorhouse handelt von 20 Versuchen, Hitler umzubringen. Auf 430 Seiten, die spannend und interessant geschrieben sind, berichtet der britische Historiker Roger Moorhouse von Attentätern wie Maurice Bavaud, Georg Elser, Hans Oster, Claus von Stauffenberg und anderen.

Er porträtiert diese Menschen aus dem Widerstand gegen den Faschismus und zeigt ihr Umfeld sowie ihre Motive auf. Ausführlich und gut verständlich schildert Moorhouse die historischen Entwicklungen und gibt auch den nationalsozialistischen Tätern ein Gesicht. Dieses hervorragend übersetzte Buch ist eines der besten Bücher über die Zeit des Nationalsozialismus, das ich kenne. | © Elmar Driver


Roger Moorhouse: Killing Hitler
The Third Reich and the Plots against the Führer (English title)

Book review in English

"Killing Hitler" was originally published by Jonathan Cape, London. I've read the German translation. This book is about 20 attempts to kill Adolf Hitler. The book contains 430 pages, full of suspense and information. The British historian Roger Moorhouse talks about would-be assassins like Maurice Bavaud, Georg Elser, Hans Oster, Claus von Stauffenberg and others.

He shows them as characters and writes about their motives and origins. Moorhouse gives the reader a deeply understanding of history in that time and shows us the fascits and their personalities as well. This is one of the best books that I've read about the Third Reich. | © Elmar Driver

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Alfred Hitchcock: Spellbound / Movie tip

Thursday, 6. December 2007, 16:12:16

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"Spellbound" by Alfred Hitchcock with Gregory Peck, Ingrid Bergman, ... USA 1945


Plot

The head of the Green Manors mental asylum Dr. Murchison is retiring to be replaced by Dr. Edwards, a famous psychiatrist. Edwards arrives and is immediately attracted to the beautiful but cold Dr. Constance Petersen. However, it soon becomes apparent that Dr. Edwards is in fact a paranoid amnesiac imposter. He goes on the run with Constance who tries to help his condition and solve the mystery of what happened to the real Dr. Edwards. | © Col Needham


Biography of Alfred Hitchcock

Alfred Hitchcock's successful screen thrillers earned him the nickname "Master of Suspense," but he is also considered one of the greatest film directors in the history of cinema. He started out in British productions as a title and set designer, working his way up to the position of screenwriter and director by the mid-1920s. His notable early movies include The Lodger (1926), Blackmail (1929, the first British feature to use synchronous sound) and The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934).

He had commercial and critical success while still in Britain, and thrillers such as The 39 Steps (1935) and The Lady Vanishes (1938) solidified his reputation for combining mystery and suspense with dashes of humor.

In the '40s Hitchcock began making movies in the United States, hits such as Rebecca (1940), Shadow of a Doubt (1943) and Spellbound (1945, featuring a memorable dream sequence by Salvador Dali) as well as less successful but still technically daring films like Lifeboat (1944) and Rope (1948). He was in top form in the 1950s, and his movies from the era are still popular, including Strangers on a Train (1951), Rear Window (1954, with Jimmy Stewart and Grace Kelly), Vertigo (1958), and North by Northwest (1959, starring Cary Grant and Eva Marie Saint).

His other films include Psycho (1960), The Birds (1963) and Frenzy (1972). Hitchcock was one of the most recognized directors in history by appearance as well as by name, thanks to his cameo roles in his movies and to his TV shows Alfred Hitchcock Presents and The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962-65). Hitchcock was knighted by Queen Elizabeth in 1980, shortly before his death. | © answers.com


Dream scene / excerpt from "Spellbound", designed by S. Dalí

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