From Caligari to Hitler
From Caligari to Hitler

From Caligari to Hitler

What does Cinema know, that we don't?

May 28, 2015114 min★ 7.4DE
DocumentaryHistory

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.)

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Cast

Rüdiger Suchsland
Rüdiger SuchslandSelf - Narrator (voice)
Hans Henrik Wöhler
Hans Henrik WöhlerSelf - Narrator (voice)
Volker Schlöndorff
Volker SchlöndorffSelf - Filmmaker
Fatih Akin
Fatih AkinSelf - Filmmaker
Thomas Elsaesser
Thomas ElsaesserSelf - Film Historian
Eric D. Weitz
Eric D. WeitzSelf - Historian
Elisabeth Bronfen
Elisabeth BronfenSelf - Cultural Critic
Fritz Lang
Fritz LangSelf - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Ernst Lubitsch
Ernst LubitschSelf - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Friedrich Ebert
Friedrich EbertSelf - Politician (archive footage)