Cinema's Exiles: From Hitler to Hollywood (2009)
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- 1h 30min
- Documentary
- 01 Jan 2009 (USA)
- TV Movie
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,...
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| Sigourney Weaver | ... |
Narrator (voice)
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| Scott Subiono | ... |
Hans Salter (voice)
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| Sewell Whitney | ... |
Reporter / Bertolt Brecht (voice)
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| Scott Beehner | ... |
Henry Koster (voice)
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George Alvarez | ... |
Curt Siodmak (voice)
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Josh Nathan | ... |
Frederick Hollander (voice)
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| Kristin Lindquist | ... |
Salka Viertel (voice)
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Lynne Maclean | ... |
Boszi Sakall (voice)
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| Robert Maffia | ... |
Erich Pommer (voice)
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| Vaughn Armstrong | ... |
Ernst Lubitsch (voice)
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| Lesli Margherita | ... |
Kitty Koster (voice)
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| Raphael Sbarge | ... |
Translator (voice)
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| Kevin Fabian | ... |
Miklos Rozsa (voice)
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| Marlene Dietrich | ... |
Self (archiveFootage)
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| Deanna Durbin | ... |
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| John Garfield | ... |
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| Paul Henreid | ... |
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| Adolf Hitler | ... |
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| Henry Koster | ... |
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| Hedy Lamarr | ... |
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| Elsa Lanchester | ... |
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| Charles Laughton | ... |
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| Peter Lorre | ... |
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| Ernst Lubitsch | ... |
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Josef A. Pasternack | ... |
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| S.Z. Sakall | ... |
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| Ann Sheridan | ... |
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| Lupita Tovar | ... |
Self - Interviewee
(as Lupita Kohner)
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| Billy Wilder | ... |
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Directed by
| Karen Thomas | ||
Written by
| Karen Thomas | ... | (written by) |
Produced by
| Sonoko Aoyagi Leopold | ... | coordinating producer |
| Ragan Carpenter | ... | assistant producer |
| Kristin Lovejoy | ... | supervising producer |
| Sophia Maroon | ... | co-producer |
| Margaret Smilow | ... | executive producer |
| Karen Thomas | ... | executive producer / producer |
| Junko Tsunashima | ... | supervising producer |
Music by
| Peter Melnick | ||
Cinematography by
| Joan Churchill | ||
| Emil Fischhaber | ||
Editing by
| Anny Lowery Meza | ||
Editorial Department
| Adam Lingo | ... | finishing editor |
Casting By
| Terry Berland | ||
Sound Department
| Alan Barker | ... | sound |
| Kenneth Gilbert | ... | sound designer |
Additional Crew
| John W. Waxman | ... | creative consultant (as John Waxman) |
Thanks
| Lillian Benson | ... | special thanks |
| Kaja Fehr | ... | special thanks |
| Jan-Christopher Horak | ... | special thanks |
Production Companies
- Deutsche Kinemathek für Film und Fernsehen (in association with)
- Film Odyssey
- Institut National de l'Audiovisuel (INA)
- Thirteen / WNET
- Turner Entertainment
Distributors
- ABC2 (2009) (Australia) (tv)
- PBS International (2009) (Non-US)
- Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) (2009) (United States) (tv)
- Warner Home Video (2016) (United States) (DVD) (dvdr)
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Other Companies
- MovieScore Media (soundtrack)
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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.
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | Shown in two parts on PBS America in the United Kingdom. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Features The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920). See more » |