Ian Thomson

The invisible man: The Glass Pearls, by Emeric Pressburger, reviewed

A meek, self-effacing German refugee in 1960s London turns out to be a very different individual

Emeric Pressburger (standing) with his film-making partner Michael Powell. [Alamy]

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