Biography

Paul Lesch (PhD) teaches film and history in Luxembourg (Miami University John E. Dolibois European Center, Université du Luxembourg). He is the author of René Leclère. Pionnier du cinéma luxembourgeois (CNA, Luxembourg 1999), Heim ins Ufa-Reich? NS-Filmpolitik und die Rezeption deutscher Filme in Luxemburg 1933-1944 (WVT, Trier 2002), In the name of public order and morality. Cinema control and film censorship in Luxembourg 1895-2005 (CNA, Luxembourg, 2005), the co-author of René Deltgen. Eine Schauspielerkarriere (CNA, Luxembourg 2002), and has written for international publications such as Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, Film History and Cinema & Cie. He is also the director of Call Her Madam (Samsa Film, 1997), a documentary film on American diplomat and party-giver Perle Mesta.
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