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Even in the digital age, Hitchcock is a household name. In the worldwide listings of Amazon and Netflix, one is likely to stumble across a Hitchcock film, which is unusual for the business model of these US streaming services. 

Why is the British film director born on August 13, 1899 so popular?

We polled three German Hitchcock experts.

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Masterpieces that have lost none of their fascination

"Alfred Hitchcock's 53 films are timeless," explains film publicist Thilo Wydra, the author of books about Hitchcock actresses like Grace Kelly and Ingrid Bergman — and on the master himself.

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Examples? "Take another look at movies like Room With a View, Vertigo or Psycho today, or even — how wonderful that would be! — see them for the first time, and you'll know that these masterpieces have lost absolutely nothing of their attraction, fascination or visual effectiven