Hitler's Hollywood
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Hitler's Hollywood

6.5 / 10 2017 1h 40mNR German
DocumentaryHistory

Storyline

Film journalist and critic Rüdiger Suchsland examines German cinema from 1933, when the Nazis came into power, until 1945, when the Third Reich collapsed. (A sequel to From Caligari to Hitler, 2015.)

Cast & Crew

Rüdiger Suchsland

Rüdiger Suchsland

Self - Narrator (voice)

Lead
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Hans Henrik Wöhler

Self - Narrator (voice)

Rike Schmid

Rike Schmid

Self - Narrator (voice)

Ingrid Bergman

Ingrid Bergman

Self - Actress (archive footage)

Adolf Hitler

Adolf Hitler

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Joseph Goebbels

Joseph Goebbels

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Leni Riefenstahl

Leni Riefenstahl

Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

Brigitte Helm

Brigitte Helm

Self - Actress (archive footage)

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Rüdiger Suchsland's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. Hitler's Hollywood is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker