×


 x 

Shopping cart
32%OFFKevin Macdonald - Emeric Pressburger - 9780571178292 - V9780571178292
Stock image for illustration purposes only - book cover, edition or condition may vary.

Emeric Pressburger

€ 26.99
€ 18.22
You save € 8.77!
FREE Delivery in Ireland
Description for Emeric Pressburger paperback. A biography of one half of the partnership responsible for films such as "The Red Shoes", "Colonel Blimp" and "The Tales of Hoffman". Written by his grandson, the book includes material from Emeric Pressburger's diaries and attempts to show what he brought to the Pressburger/Michael Powell films. Num Pages: 512 pages, 32 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: APF; BGF; CFG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 135 x 0. Weight in Grams: 377.

A Hungarian Jew who lived and worked in half a dozen European countries before arriving in Britain in 1935, Pressburger's reputation rests on the series of strikingly original films he made in collaboration with Michael Powell under the banner of The Archers. The Red Shoes, A Matter of Life and Death, Black Narcissus and The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp all bear the unique credit 'Written, Produced and Directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger'.

Frequently controversial, always experimental, The Archers suffered a long period of neglect before being rediscovered by such prominent admirers as Martin Scorsese, ... Read more

Show Less

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
512
Condition
New
Number of Pages
496
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780571178292
SKU
V9780571178292
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-99

About Kevin Macdonald
Kevin Macdonald is the Oscar-winning director of One Day in September, Into the Void, The Last King of Scotland, State of Play and Eagle of the Ninth. He has written a biography of his grandfather, Emeric Pressburger, and is the co-editor with Mark Cousins of Imagining Reality: The Faber Book of Documentary.

Reviews for Emeric Pressburger

Goodreads reviews for Emeric Pressburger


Subscribe to our newsletter

News on special offers, signed editions & more!