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From Caligari to Hitler

2015

114 minutes

DocumentaryHistory

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.)

Top Cast

Rüdiger Suchsland headshot

Rüdiger Suchsland

Self - Narrator (voice)

Hans Henrik Wöhler headshot

Hans Henrik Wöhler

Self - Narrator (voice)

Volker Schlöndorff headshot

Volker Schlöndorff

Self - Filmmaker

Fatih Akin headshot

Fatih Akin

Self - Filmmaker

Thomas Elsaesser headshot

Thomas Elsaesser

Self - Film Historian

Eric D. Weitz headshot

Eric D. Weitz

Self - Historian

Elisabeth Bronfen headshot

Elisabeth Bronfen

Self - Cultural Critic

Fritz Lang headshot

Fritz Lang

Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

Ernst Lubitsch headshot

Ernst Lubitsch

Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

Friedrich Ebert headshot

Friedrich Ebert

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Joseph Goebbels headshot

Joseph Goebbels

Self - Politician (archive footage)