Take a trip into the depths of German silent film in a documentary that links expressionist cinema with dark political undercurrents. Director Rüdiger Suchsland’s essay adapts a famous & worthy but slightly outdated book, yet is an excellent overview of movies in the Weimar period.
From Caligari to Hitler: German Cinema in the Age of the Masses
DVD
Kino Lorber
2014 / Color & B&W / 1:78 widescreen / 118 min. / Von Caligari zu Hitler: Das deutsche Kino im Zeitalter der Massen / Street Date January 9, 2018 / available through Kino Lorber Video Store / 29.95
Starring: Rüdiger Suchsland (voice), Hans Henrik Wöhler (voice), Fritz Lang (voice), Volker Schlöndorff, Fatih Akin, Thomas Elsaesser, Eric D. Weitz, Elisabeth Bronfen.
Cinematography: Frank Reimann, Harald Schmuck
Film Editor: Katja Dringenberg
Original Music: Henrik Albrecht, Michael Hartmann
Written by Rüdiger Suchsland, from the book by Siegfried Kracauer
Produced by Martina Haubrich
Directed by Rüdiger Suchsland
I’ve always sought out good documentaries about films...
From Caligari to Hitler: German Cinema in the Age of the Masses
DVD
Kino Lorber
2014 / Color & B&W / 1:78 widescreen / 118 min. / Von Caligari zu Hitler: Das deutsche Kino im Zeitalter der Massen / Street Date January 9, 2018 / available through Kino Lorber Video Store / 29.95
Starring: Rüdiger Suchsland (voice), Hans Henrik Wöhler (voice), Fritz Lang (voice), Volker Schlöndorff, Fatih Akin, Thomas Elsaesser, Eric D. Weitz, Elisabeth Bronfen.
Cinematography: Frank Reimann, Harald Schmuck
Film Editor: Katja Dringenberg
Original Music: Henrik Albrecht, Michael Hartmann
Written by Rüdiger Suchsland, from the book by Siegfried Kracauer
Produced by Martina Haubrich
Directed by Rüdiger Suchsland
I’ve always sought out good documentaries about films...
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