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Cinema's Exiles: From Hitler to Hollywood

Cinema's Exiles: From Hitler to Hollywood

Documentary
2009, Movie, 1h 57min
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.
Country: United States
Director:
Karen Thomas
Cast:
Billy Wilder,
Sigourney Weaver,
Peter Lorre,
Fritz Lang
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Karen Thomas
Director
Karen Thomas
Writer
Billy Wilder
As Self (archive footage)
Sigourney Weaver
As Narrator (voice)
Peter Lorre
As Self (archive footage)
Fritz Lang
As Self (archive footage)
Elsa Lanchester
As Self (archive footage)
Marlene Dietrich
As Self (archive footage)

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"Cinema's Exiles: From Hitler to Hollywood" is a documentary that uncovers the untold story of 800 German filmmakers who fled Nazi Germany in the 1930s and brought their talents to Hollywood. Through archival footage and film clips, the film showcases Berlin's thriving film industry in the 1920s and follows the journey of producers, directors, composers, editors, writers, and actors as they navigate their new lives in Tinseltown. From struggling to find work to creating iconic anti-Nazi films like "Casablanca," this documentary highlights the impact of these exiles on the development of film noir and the Hollywood we know today.

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Cinema's Exiles: From Hitler to Hollywood was released in theaters on January 1, 2009.

 

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