From Caligari to Hitler

Name: From Caligari to Hitler
Director: Rüdiger Suchsland
Genre: Documentary, History
Released: 2015-05-28
Duration: 114 min
Rating: 7.4
Cast: Rüdiger Suchsland, Hans Henrik Wöhler, Volker Schlöndorff, Fatih Akin, Thomas Elsaesser

What does Cinema know, that we don't?

DocumentaryHistory

May 28, 20151h 54m7.4 / 10

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.)

Director

Rüdiger Suchsland

Production

ZDFLOOKSfilmFriedrich Wilhelm Murnau StiftungARTE

Cast

Rüdiger SuchslandSelf - Narrator (voice)

Hans Henrik WöhlerSelf - Narrator (voice)

Volker SchlöndorffSelf - Filmmaker

Fatih AkinSelf - Filmmaker

Thomas ElsaesserSelf - Film Historian

Eric D. WeitzSelf - Historian