Cinema's Exiles: From Hitler to Hollywood
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.
Release Date
January 1, 2009Runtime
117 minDirected by
Karen ThomasWritten by
Karen ThomasLanguage
EnglishBudget
$0Revenue
$0Status
ReleasedCast
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 - IntervieweeFred Zinnemann
Self (archive footage)Rudi Fehr
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