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From Caligari to Hitler

From Caligari to Hitler

What does Cinema know, that we don't?
May 28, 2015 1h 54m
7.4
24 votes

Synopsis

Film journalist and critic Rüdiger Suchsland examines German cinema from 1919, when the Republic of Weimar is born, to 1933, when the Nazis come into power. (Followed by Hitler's Hollywood, 2017.)

Title From Caligari to Hitler
Companies ZDF, LOOKSfilm, Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau Stiftung, ARTE
Countries Germany
Keywords republic of weimar, director, 1920s, 1930s
Rüdiger Suchsland

Rüdiger Suchsland

Self - Narrator (voice)
Hans Henrik Wöhler

Hans Henrik Wöhler

Self - Narrator (voice)
Volker Schlöndorff

Volker Schlöndorff

Self - Filmmaker
Fatih Akin

Fatih Akin

Self - Filmmaker
Thomas Elsaesser

Thomas Elsaesser

Self - Film Historian
Eric D. Weitz

Eric D. Weitz

Self - Historian
Elisabeth Bronfen

Elisabeth Bronfen

Self - Cultural Critic
Fritz Lang

Fritz Lang

Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Ernst Lubitsch

Ernst Lubitsch

Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Friedrich Ebert

Friedrich Ebert

Self - Politician (archive footage)
Joseph Goebbels

Joseph Goebbels

Self - Politician (archive footage)