Peter Lilienthal

<p> Best known for his 1979 film <em>David</em> Peter Lilienthal was an unusual figure within postwar filmmaking circles. A child refugee from Nazi Germany who grew up in Uruguay he was uniquely situated at the crossroads of German Jewish and Latin American cultures: while his work emerged from West German auteur filmmaking his films bore the unmistakable imprints of Jewish thought and the militant character of New Latin American cinema. <em>Peter Lilienthal</em> is the first comprehensive study of Lilienthal's life and career highlighting the distinctively cross-cultural and transnational dimensions of his oeuvre and exploring his role as an early exemplar of a more vibrant inclusive European film culture.</p>