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From Caligari to Hitler (2015) 7.444

Documentary, History • 1h 54min • May 28th 2015

Story

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

Rüdiger Suchsland

Rüdiger Suchsland
Self - Narrator (voice)

Hans Henrik Wöhler
Self - Narrator (voice)

Volker Schlöndorff

Volker Schlöndorff
Self - Filmmaker

Fatih Akin

Fatih Akin
Self - Filmmaker

Thomas Elsaesser
Self - Film Historian

Eric D. Weitz
Self - Historian

Elisabeth Bronfen
Self - Cultural Critic

Fritz Lang

Fritz Lang
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

Ernst Lubitsch

Ernst Lubitsch
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

Friedrich Ebert
Self - Politician (archive footage)

Joseph Goebbels

Joseph Goebbels
Self - Politician (archive footage)

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