Hitler in Hollywood (2010)
"HH, Hitler à Hollywood" (original title)

A bio-doc about Micheline Presle changes into a thrilling investigation of the long hidden truth about European cinema. This mockumentary thriller uncovers Hollywood's unsuspected plot ... See full summary »

Director:

Frédéric Sojcher

Writers:

Renaud Andris, Catherine Rihoit (adaptation),

Stars:

Maria de Medeiros, Wim Willaert, Micheline Presle

1 win & 1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Maria de Medeiros	...	Maria de Medeiros
Wim Willaert	...	Thomas
Micheline Presle	...	Micheline Presle
François Morel	...	François Morel
Michael Lonsdale	...	Michael Lonsdale
Nathalie Baye	...	Nathalie Baye
Arielle Dombasle	...	Arielle Dombasle
Dominique Besnehard	...	Dominique Besnehard
Hans Meyer	...	Luis Aramchek
Michel Israel	...	Grégoire Cohen (as Michel Israël)
Aurélien Ringelheim	...	Employé Cinémathèque
Marc Isgour	...	MacBridge
Marc Ferro	...	Marc Ferro
Hubert Toint	...	Maurice Mogerblum
Rita Portugal	...	Gouvernante Mogerblum

Storyline

A bio-doc about Micheline Presle changes into a thrilling investigation of the long hidden truth about European cinema. This mockumentary thriller uncovers Hollywood's unsuspected plot against the European motion picture industry. Numerous directors and stars appear in the film, making it a choice morsel for all film lovers.

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

Belgium France

Language:

French English Portuguese

Release Date:

4 May 2011 (France)

Also Known As:

Hitler in Hollywood

Filming Locations:

Berlin, Germany

Company Credits

Production Co:

Saga Film (I), Polaris Films, uFilm

Technical Specs

Runtime:

85 min

Color:

Color

User Reviews

A playful mock-documentary about film making in Europe.

This is a very enjoyable, playful mock documentary. It is nicely played and of course Maria de Medeiros in the lead role is wonderful. The story goes that they are making a documentary about Micheline Presle a seductive leading lady of the 1940s who is now a not so Young Lady in Distress who wants, before she dies, to see a film she made that was never distributed or indeed even shown anywhere - a realistic plot twist given the fate of the director of her first film. It is her wish that takes the plot further into a new and eventually surrealistic turn.

As the film progresses Frédéric Sojcher returns to the film world's much discussed theme of being in The Shadow of Hollywood. Perhaps it was in the making of the real documentary Born to Film that Sojcher found the urge to make a conspiracy theory film.

HiH has some excellent locations, which are explained tongue-in-cheek as being there just for the fun of being there. The hand-held point-of-view documentary style that takes us into the head of the lovesick cameraman make the movie fun to see. This is a movie that doesn't take itself too seriously but succeeds in delivering a feeling of a real conspiracy. This is a film for film lovers, you can feel that it was made with a lot of joy and I had a lot of fun watching it.