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From Caligari to Hitler: German Cinema in the Age of the Masses

Country: Germany, Language: German, 119 mins

Original Title

Von Caligari zu Hitler: Das deutsche Kino im Zeitalter der Massen
  • Director: Rüdiger Suchsland
  • Writer: Siegfried Kracauer; Rüdiger Suchsland
  • Producer: Martina Haubrich

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'Metropolis' (1927), 'The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari' (1920), 'M' (1931), 'Nosferatu' (1922), 'People on Sunday' (1930), 'Berlin, Symphony of a Metropolis' (1927) all rank among the classics and most influential films of European Cinema. FROM CALIGARI TO HITLER tells the story of early German Cinema as the story of social and cultural upheaval in the first republic, between 1918 and 1933. Siegfried Kracauer, who wrote the groundbreaking book 'From Caligari to Hitler' (1947) on this 'Weimar Cinema', is a central figure, as is Fritz Lang, the most versatile of all Weimar directors. The viewer will encounter the cast members of the young Republic's stage: Marlene Dietrich, Louise Brooks, Emil Jannings, directors such as G.W.Pabst and F.W. Murnau, writers like Billy Wilder and many more - those who helped shape the new art of cinema.


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Cast & Characters

Rudiger Suchsland as Narrator;
Hans Henrik Wohler as Narrator;
Fritz Lang as Himself;
Volker Schlondorff as Himself;
Fatih Akin as Himself;
Thomas Elsaesser as Himself;
Eric D. Weitz as Himself;
Elisabeth Bronfen as Herself;
Alfred Abel as Himself;
Elisabeth Bergner as Herself;
Brigitte Borchert as Herself;
Bertolt Brecht as Himself;
Louise Brooks as Herself;
Lya De Putti as Herself;
Marlene Dietrich as Herself