Cinema's Exiles: From Hitler to Hollywood (2009)

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 foll...ows 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. more

Directing:
  • Karen Thomas

Writing:
  • Karen Thomas

Stars:
Release Date: 2009-01-01
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  • Country: US
  • Language: English
  • Runtime: 117

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Sigourney Weaver
Sigourney Wea...
Narrator (voice)
Marlene Dietrich
Marlene Dietr...
Self (archive footage)
Hedy Lamarr
Hedy Lamarr
Self (archive footage)
Elsa Lanchester
Elsa Lanchest...
Self (archive footage)
Peter Lorre
Peter Lorre
Self (archive footage)
Billy Wilder
Billy Wilder
Self (archive footage)
Fritz Lang
Fritz Lang
Self (archive footage)
Lupita Tovar
Lupita Tovar
Self - Interviewee
Fred Zinnemann
Fred Zinneman...
Self (archive footage)
Peter Viertel
Peter Viertel
Self (archive footage)
Rudi Fehr
Rudi Fehr
Self (archive footage)
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