Christina from Arts4Refugees talked with Cosimo - a student journalist with us. This placement was organised by Oxford University Career Services. Cosimo is a second year student studying history at St.Johns College , Oxford. The arty refugee he chose to research and write about was a movie producer named Fritz Lang.
Fritz Lang was born in Austria in 1890. He moved to Germany to pursue film. He had to leave Germany when Hitler rose to power. He left for France and then went onto America. He continued his profession in Hollywood. Cosimo is very passionate about cinema and acts himself as well.
You can listen to the full conversation here
Key Points:
Cosimo is studying history at Oxford
He has an interest in acting and cinema
Metropolis is one of Lang’s famous movies from Germany
Lang had to leave Germany because Hitler wanted him to make propaganda movies
Lang’s movies are very bleak and cynical
If you would like to learn more about Fritz - there is a short story by Cosimo here.
