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Cinema's Exiles: From Hitler to Hollywood
Genres
TV MovieDocumentary
Overview
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.
Details
Budget
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Revenue
$0
Runtime
117 min
Release Date
2009-01-01
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Vote Count
1
Vote Average
6
Cast
Meet the talented actors who bring the movie to life.
Sigourney Weaver
Narrator (voice)
Marlene Dietrich
Self (archive footage)
Hedy Lamarr
Self (archive footage)
Elsa Lanchester
Self (archive footage)
Peter Lorre
Self (archive footage)
Billy Wilder
Self (archive footage)
Fritz Lang
Self (archive footage)
Lupita Tovar
Self - Interviewee
Fred Zinnemann
Self (archive footage)
Peter Viertel
Self (archive footage)
Rudi Fehr
Self (archive footage)
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