Synopsis
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.)
Ratings
IMDb7.3/10
28 audience votes
Key crew
- Michael HartmannOriginal Music Composer
- Henrik AlbrechtOriginal Music Composer
- Rüdiger SuchslandDirector
- Rüdiger SuchslandWriter
Cast
- Rüdiger SuchslandSelf - Narrator (voice)
- Hans Henrik WöhlerSelf - Narrator (voice)
- Volker SchlöndorffSelf - Filmmaker
- Fatih AkinSelf - Filmmaker
- Thomas ElsaesserSelf - Film Historian
- Eric D. WeitzSelf - Historian
- Elisabeth BronfenSelf - Cultural Critic
- Fritz LangSelf - Filmmaker (archive footage)
- Ernst LubitschSelf - Filmmaker (archive footage)
- Friedrich EbertSelf - Politician (archive footage)
- Joseph GoebbelsSelf - Politician (archive footage)
Stills
Themes
republic of weimardirector1920s1930s