From Caligari to Hitler: German Cinema in the Age of the Masses

Name: From Caligari to Hitler: German Cinema in the Age of the Masses
Director: Rüdiger Suchsland
Genre: Documentary, Biography, History
Released: 2014

2014

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Rüdiger Suchsland

2014·

Germany

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Documentary Biography History World

Focuses on the Weimar Republic (1918-1933) and its 'collective spirit' in cinema. The purpose of film as a cultural tool is examined. Based on celebrated sociologist Siegfried Kracauer's seminal book 'From Caligari to Hitler' (1947).

Cast

Rüdiger Suchsland·Hans Henrik Wöhler

Producers

Martina Haubrich

Languages

German