From Caligari to Hitler: German Cinema in the Age of the Masses
Von Caligari zu Hitler: Das deutsche Kino im Zeitalter der Massen
- Quality
- SD
- Year:
- 2015
- Genres
- Documentary
- Audio:
- German
- Subtitles:
- -
- Runtime:
- 114 Min
- Age Rating:
- 0
- Year:
- 2015
- Country:
- Germany
- The film 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 & Crew
- Director
- Rüdiger Suchsland
- Cast
- Volker Schlöndorff, Thomas Elsaesser, Elisabeth Bronfen, Eric D. Weitz, Rüdiger Suchsland, Hans Henrik Wöhler, Fatih Akin
- Writer
- Rüdiger Suchsland