MOVIE • 2015

From Caligari to Hitler

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.)

TMDB ★ 3.8/5Votes: 28

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Top 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)

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Katja Dringenberg

Editor

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Martina Haubrich

Producer

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Enrico Leube

Sound

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Theatrical release date: May 28, 2015

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Status

Released

Release

May 28, 2015

Runtime

114 min

Language

German

Origin

Germany

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