Directed by:
Rüdiger SuchslandScreenplay:
Rüdiger SuchslandCinematography:
Harald SchmuckCast:
Udo Kier (narrator), Hans Albers (a.f.), Heinz Rühmann (a.f.), Zarah Leander (a.f.), Ilse Werner (a.f.), Marianne Hoppe (a.f.), Leni Riefenstahl (a.f.) (more)VOD (1)
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Nearly a thousand feature films came out of Third Reich cinema, produced between 1933-1945. As shown in Rüdiger Suchsland’s film Hitler’s Hollywood, the body of work included blockbusters, propaganda, and entertainment that did their best to mirror the Hollywood mystique. Armed with their own themes and celebrities, the films produced under the Third Reich made for a heavily censored yet influential period in German cinematic history. Suchsland takes us on an unfiltered journey through the history of this cinematic era, honing in on the underlying subliminal and overt messages of the films and their continued presence in the modern world. (Minneapolis-St. Paul International Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Udo Kier (narrator)
German Empire
Best movies:
The Kingdom (1994) (series)
Narcissus and Psyche (1980)
Breaking the Waves (1996)
Hans Albers (a.f.)
German Empire
Best movies:
The Blue Angel (1930)
Asphalt (1929)
Great Freedom No. 7 (1944)
Heinz Rühmann (a.f.)
German Empire
Best movies:
It Happened in Broad Daylight (1958)
The Punch Bowl (1944)
The Captain from Köpenick (1956)
Zarah Leander (a.f.)
Sweden
Best movies:
La Habanera (1937)
Die große Liebe (1942)
Ilse Werner (a.f.)
Best movies:
Great Freedom No. 7 (1944)
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1943)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Marianne Hoppe (a.f.)
German Empire
Best movies:
Treasure of Silver Lake (1962)
Ten Little Indians (1965)
The Wrong Movement (1975)
Leni Riefenstahl (a.f.)
German Empire
Best movies:
White Hell of Pitz Palu (1929)
LENI (2015) (theatrical recording) - a.f.
The Holy Mountain (1926)
Ingrid Bergman (a.f.)
Sweden
Best movies:
Gaslight (1944)
Casablanca (1942)
Cactus Flower (1969)
Irene von Meyendorff (a.f.)
Russian Empire
Best movies:
Mayerling (1968)
The Great Sacrifice (1944)
Kolberg (1945)
Hilde Krahl (a.f.)
Austria-Hungary
Wilhelm Furtwängler (a.f.)
German Empire
Best movies:
Taking Sides (2001) - a.f.
Adolf Hitler (a.f.)
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Dangerous: The Short Films (1993) (video compilation) - a.f.
The King's Speech (2010) - a.f.
Anne Frank: The Whole Story (2001) (TV movie) - a.f.
Joseph Goebbels (a.f.)
German Empire
Best movies:
Zelig (1983) - a.f.
Sunshine (1999) - a.f.
Taking Sides (2001) - a.f.
Gustaf Gründgens (a.f.)
German Empire
Best movies:
M (1931)
Playing at Love (1933)
Uncle Kruger (1941)
Hermann Göring (a.f.)
German Empire
Best movies:
Zelig (1983) - a.f.
Stalingrad: Dogs, Do You Want to Live Forever? (1959) - a.f.
The First of the Few (1942) - a.f.
Alfred Abel (a.f.)
German Empire
Best movies:
Metropolis (1927)
Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler (1922)
The Burning Soil (1922)
Lída Baarová (a.f.)
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Barcarole (1935)
Girl in Blue (1939)
I Vitelloni (1953)
Willy Fritsch (a.f.)
German Empire
Best movies:
Woman in the Moon (1929)
Three from the Filling Station (1930)
Spies (1928)
Gustav Fröhlich (a.f.)
German Empire
Best movies:
Metropolis (1927)
Barcarole (1935)
The Stars Shine (1938)
Lilian Harvey (a.f.)
UK
Best movies:
Three from the Filling Station (1930)
The Congress Dances (1931)