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From Caligari to Hitler

From Caligari to Hitler

# What does Cinema know, that we don't?
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.)
🌏 Languages Available: English , German
📆 Date Released: 2015-05-28
⌚ Running Time: 114 mins
⭐ Vote Average: 7.4

Beloved Cast

Rüdiger Suchsland original image
Self - Narrator (voice)
Rüdiger Suchsland
Hans Henrik Wöhler original image
Self - Narrator (voice)
Hans Henrik Wöhler
Volker Schlöndorff original image
Self - Filmmaker
Volker Schlöndorff
Fatih Akin original image
Self - Filmmaker
Fatih Akin
Thomas Elsaesser original image
Self - Film Historian
Thomas Elsaesser
Eric D. Weitz original image
Self - Historian
Eric D. Weitz
Elisabeth Bronfen original image
Self - Cultural Critic
Elisabeth Bronfen
Fritz Lang original image
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Fritz Lang
Ernst Lubitsch original image
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Ernst Lubitsch
Friedrich Ebert original image
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Friedrich Ebert
Joseph Goebbels original image
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Joseph Goebbels

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