From Caligari to Hitler

From Caligari to Hitler

114 mins | Documentary, History | May 28, 2015

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.)

From Caligari to Hitler

114 mins | Documentary, History | May 28, 2015

From Caligari to Hitler
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.)
IMDb rating 7.3
Producers ARTE, ZDF, Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung, LOOKS
Original title Von Caligari zu Hitler
Directors Rüdiger Suchsland
Writers Rüdiger Suchsland

Cast

Rüdiger Suchsland

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Hans Henrik Wöhler

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Volker Schlöndorff

as Self - Filmmaker

Fatih Akin

as Self - Filmmaker

Thomas Elsaesser

as Self - Film Historian

Eric D. Weitz

as Self - Historian

Elisabeth Bronfen

as Self - Cultural Critic

Fritz Lang

as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

Ernst Lubitsch

as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

Friedrich Ebert

as Self - Politician (archive footage)

Joseph Goebbels

as Self - Politician (archive footage)