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From Caligari to Hitler

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From Caligari to Hitler

What does Cinema know, that we don't?

7.4

1h 54m

2015

“What does Cinema know, that we don't?”

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.)

Director

Rüdiger Suchsland

Trailer

DocumentaryHistory

republic of weimardirector1920s1930s

Cast & Crew

Rüdiger Suchsland

Rüdiger Suchsland

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Hans Henrik Wöhler

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Volker Schlöndorff

Volker Schlöndorff

as Self - Filmmaker

Fatih Akin

Fatih Akin

as Self - Filmmaker

Thomas Elsaesser

as Self - Film Historian

Eric D. Weitz

as Self - Historian

Elisabeth Bronfen

as Self - Cultural Critic

Fritz Lang

Fritz Lang

as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

Ernst Lubitsch

Ernst Lubitsch

as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

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