'A Visual History of Weimar Film 1918-1933': a pictorial trawl through 72 movies, the pantheon and surroundings; 'The Restless Republic: New Directions in Germany 1918-1933', long introduction by the author; portraits of actors of the period (20pp.); overall 443 reproductions, 335 in duotone promoting the idea that realism is not the best method of representing reality