Resources

LINKS 

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, The Best Stuff In The World, Ep. 18
My friend's podcast where I was one of the guests invited to talk about 'Caligari. From 2024. Available wherever you listen to podcasts.

Snowgrouse's master list of Conrad Veidt films
An excellent and invaluable resource. Many of Veidt's films can be found on the Internet Archive and Youtube, but for the harder to find titles, Snowgrouse is the person to ask.

The Queer History of Weimar Germany, Kaz Rowe, Youtube
The whole back end of the video is basically all about Conrad Veidt. Hands down the best, most well researched, and intelligent video about him, period. And I'm a huge Kaz Rowe fan, so I can't recommend their work enough.

Monique Classique
A lot of great scanned materials, reviews, etc. They also have a second website here


BOOKS

A Life in Movies, Michael Powell

Conrad Veidt: Ein Buch vom Wesen und Werden Eines Künstlers, Paul Ickes

Conrad Veidt: From Caligari to Casablanca, Jerry Allen*

Conrad Veidt: Lebensbilder, ed. Wolfgang Jacobsen*

Conrad Veidt On Screen, John T. Soister

Destination London: German-speaking Emigrés in British Cinema, ed. Tim Bergfelder and Christian Cargnelli

Emeric Pressburger: The Life and Death of a Screenwriter, Kevin Macdonald

Film Front Weimar: Representations of the First World War in German Films from the Weimar Period (1919-1933), Bernadette Kester

From Caligari to Hitler: A Psychological History of the German Film, Siegfried Kracauer

Imperial Berlin, Gerhard Masur

Round Up The Usual Suspects, Aljean Harmetz

The Haunted Screen: Expressionism in the German Cinema and the Influence of Max Reinhardt, Lotte H. Eisner

The Seven Addictions and Five Professions of Anita Berber, Mel Gordon

The Star Machine, Jeannine Basinger

Vertigo: The Rise and Fall of the Weimar Republic, Harald Jähner


I don’t really recommend these books, generally; putting aside my personal opinion, Mr. Allen and Mr. Jacobsen are not consistent in fact checking dates, names, etc. But Allen's book is a good jumping off point, although should not be the only thing a new Conrad Veidt fan reads. And Lebensbilder is a nice collection of photos and contemporary essays and letters, but a lot of the photos are mislabeled. Something to keep in mind.

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