Back to browse
75% Critic Match
From Caligari to Hitler
“What does Cinema know, that we don't?”
7.5 / 10• 2015• 1h 54m•NR• German
DocumentaryHistory
Storyline
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.)
Cast & Crew
Rüdiger Suchsland
Self - Narrator (voice)
LeadHH
Hans Henrik Wöhler
Self - Narrator (voice)
Volker Schlöndorff
Self - Filmmaker
Fatih Akin
Self - Filmmaker
TE
Thomas Elsaesser
Self - Film Historian
ED
Eric D. Weitz
Self - Historian
EB
Elisabeth Bronfen
Self - Cultural Critic
Fritz Lang
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Rüdiger Suchsland's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. From Caligari to Hitler is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
