Conrad Veidt

A Distinguished Cinema Career Cut Short “What do you want? They’ll just say, ‘He’s only a movie actor!” — Conrad Veidt, to author and biographer Paul Ickes in the 1920s Hans Walter Conrad Veidt was born in his parents’ residence at Tieckstraße 39 in...

Culture shocks go both ways

As I write this, I am two weeks into a holiday with the children in my hometown of Hull, in Yorkshire, North England. Beyond it being wonderful to catch up with family and old friends, it has provided interesting opportunity to reflect on a few cultural and social...

Fritz Lang and METROPOLIS

Friedrich “Fritz” Lang (1890-1976) Vienna, Berlin, Hollywood Germans in Hollywood > Featured Biographies > Fritz Lang “Lang makes you want to puke. Nobody in the whole world is as important as he imagines himself to be. I completely understand why he...

Fasching and Karneval

The Fifth Season: Fasching & Karneval Mardi Gras, German Style Different Traditions, Different Dates There are three different words in German for “Carnival” or “Mardi Gras”: Karneval, Fasching and Fastnacht. Although all three refer to the same pre-Lenten...