From Caligari to Hitler
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“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.)
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Cast
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Rüdiger Suchsland
Self - Narrator (voice)
Hans Henrik Wöhler
Self - Narrator (voice)
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Volker Schlöndorff
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Fatih Akin
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Thomas Elsaesser
Self - Film Historian
Eric D. Weitz
Self - Historian
Elisabeth Bronfen
Self - Cultural Critic
Fritz Lang
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
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Ernst Lubitsch
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
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Friedrich Ebert
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Joseph Goebbels
Self - Politician (archive footage)
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Rüdiger Suchsland Director · Michael Hartmann Composer Henrik Albrecht Composer
First release August 28, 2014 · Produced in Germany · Languages English, German
Production
ZDF
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LOOKSfilm
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Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau Stiftung
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ARTE
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Deutsche Kinemathek für Film und Fernsehen
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Deutsches Filminstitut
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Filmmuseum München
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LOOKS
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Praesens-Film
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Wide House
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Germany
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Original title
Von Caligari zu Hitler
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
English · German
Release dates
Italy · August 28, 2014
Premiere · Venice Film Festival
Germany · May 28, 2015
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Austria
October 27, 2014 · Digital
China
January 13, 2015 · Premiere · Shanghai International Film Festival
Finland
April 23, 2016 · TV
Romania
June 1, 2015 · Digital
Sweden
January 27, 2015 · Premiere · Göteborg Film Festival
United Kingdom
November 9, 2015 · Premiere · Leeds International Film Festival
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