CinemaOSMovie · 2009 · 1h 57m

Cinema's Exiles: From Hitler to Hollywood

60%(1)IMDbTV MovieDocumentary

Eight hundred German filmmakers (cast and crew) fled the Nazis in the 1930s. The film uses voice-overs, archival footage, and film clips to examine Berlin's vital filmmaking in the 1920s; then it follows a producer, directors, composers, editors, writers, and actors to Hollywood: some succeeded and many found no work. Among those profiled are Erich Pommer, Joseph May, Ernst Lubitsch, Fritz Lang, Billy Wilder, and Peter Lorre. Once in Hollywood, these exiles helped each other, housed new arrivals, and raised money so others could escape. Some worked on anti-Nazi films, like Casablanca. The themes and lighting of German Expressionism gave rise in Hollywood to film noir.

Directed byKaren Thomas

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 57m
Language
EN
Released
January 1, 2009
Studios
Deutsche Kinemathek für Film und Fernsehen

Featuring

Cast & crew

2 credited
Starring
Sigourney Weaver

Sigourney Weaver

Narrator (voice)

Lupita Tovar

Lupita Tovar

Self - Interviewee

Creative team
Directed by
Karen Thomas
Written by
Karen Thomas

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