From Caligari to Hitler

From Caligari to Hitler

2015
1h 54m
7.4

7.4/10

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"What does Cinema know, that we don't?"

Overview

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.)

Status: Released

Language: DE

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Production Information

Production Companies
ZDF LOOKSfilm Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau Stiftung ARTE
Production Countries
Germany
Spoken Languages
English German

Quick Facts

Original Title Von Caligari zu Hitler
Release Date May 28, 2015
Status Released
Language DE
IMDb ID tt3908344
Website Visit Site

Cast

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)

Key Crew

Martina Haubrich
Producer
Gunnar Dedio
Producer
Rüdiger Suchsland
Director
Rüdiger Suchsland
Writer