From Caligari to Hitler
May 28, 2015•1h 54m•★ 7.4
DocumentaryHistory
“What does Cinema know, that we don't?”
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 SuchslandWriters
Cast
Rüdiger Suchsland
Self - Narrator (voice)
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Hans Henrik Wöhler
Self - Narrator (voice)
Volker Schlöndorff
Self - Filmmaker
Fatih Akin
Self - Filmmaker
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Thomas Elsaesser
Self - Film Historian
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Eric D. Weitz
Self - Historian
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Elisabeth Bronfen
Self - Cultural Critic
Fritz Lang
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Ernst Lubitsch
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
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Friedrich Ebert
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Joseph Goebbels
Self - Politician (archive footage)