From Caligari to Hitler
What does Cinema know, that we don't?
7.4
27 votes
2015
1h 54m
Documentary
History
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.)
Directed by Rüdiger Suchsland
Top cast
Rüdiger Suchsland
Self - Narrator (voice)H
Hans Henrik Wöhler
Self - Narrator (voice)
Volker Schlöndorff
Self - Filmmaker
Fatih Akin
Self - FilmmakerT
Thomas Elsaesser
Self - Film HistorianE
Eric D. Weitz
Self - HistorianE
Elisabeth Bronfen
Self - Cultural Critic
Fritz Lang
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Ernst Lubitsch
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)F
Friedrich Ebert
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Joseph Goebbels
Self - Politician (archive footage)Details
Status
Released
Release date
May 28, 2015
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Language
English, German
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