Seminar in Ethical Values (1-Term)

Alfred Hitchcock —the undisputed "Master of Suspense"— began his long career as a film director in the 1920s in England and reached international fame by the mid-1930s. His Hollywood period began in 1940, when he was hired to direct Daphne du Maurier's "Rebecca." From there, he went on to direct some of the most iconic thrillers in American film history. His work is provocative, tension-producing, morally intriguing, and technically brilliant. The films listed below cover his entire career (the last film was from 1976). Hitchcock posed difficult moral questions in his films, and influenced several generations of directors with his subtle, suspenseful work: (1) "Secret Agent" (1936); (2) "Spellbound" (1945); (3) "Rear Window" (1954); (4) "The Man Who Knew Too Much" (1956); (5) "Frenzy" (1970)