
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.)
DocumentaryHistory
From Caligari to Hitler
Rating
7.4/10
Release Date
2015-05-28
Runtime
114 minutes
Status
Released
Cast

Rüdiger Suchsland
Self - Narrator (voice)

Hans Henrik Wöhler
Self - Narrator (voice)

Volker Schlöndorff
Self - Filmmaker

Fatih Akin
Self - Filmmaker

Thomas Elsaesser
Self - Film Historian

Eric D. Weitz
Self - Historian

Elisabeth Bronfen
Self - Cultural Critic

Fritz Lang
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

Ernst Lubitsch
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

Friedrich Ebert
Self - Politician (archive footage)

Joseph Goebbels
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Videos
Production Companies

ZDF

LOOKSfilm
Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau Stiftung

ARTE