ID - 147900045 TI - ReFocus : The Films of Paul Leni AU - Tortolani, Erica AU - Born, Erik AU - Doerre, Jason AU - Fisher, Jaimey AU - Gergely, Gábor AU - Gordon, Rebecca M. AU - Heinsohn, Bastian AU - Henderson, Bruce AU - Natale, Simone AU - Norden, Martin F. AU - Shimpach, Shawn AU - Westerdale, Joel PY - 2022 SN - 9781474454537 9781474454513 PB - Edinburgh Edinburgh University Press DB - UniCat KW - Art KW - Motion pictures KW - Expressionism in motion pictures KW - Production and direction KW - History. KW - Leni, Paul, UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:147900045 AB - Silent-era film scholarship has all too often focused on a handful of German directors, including Fritz Lang, F. W. Murnau and Ernst Lubitsch, but little attention has been paid to arguably one of the most influential filmmakers of the period : Paul Leni. This collection – the first comprehensive English-language study of Leni’s life and career – offers new insights into his national and international films, his bold forays into scenic design and his transition from German to Hollywood filmmaking ER -