Cinema’s Exiles: From Hitler to Hollywood (2009)

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Country: USA
Genres: Documentary
Release: 2009-01-01
Director: Karen Thomas
Writers: Karen Thomas
Language: English
Stars: Sigourney Weaver , Scott Subiono , Sewell Whitney , Sewell Whitney , Scott Beehner , George Alvarez , Josh Nathan , Kristin Lindquist , Lynne Maclean , Robert Maffia , Vaughn Armstrong
Runtime: 90 min
Awards: N/A
AKA: Cinema's Exiles: From Hitler to Hollywood , Filmowcy na wygnaniu - Z Trzeciej Rzeszy do Hollywood (Poland) , Exilio fílmico: De Hitler a Hollywood (Venezuela) , Cinema's Exiles: From Hitler to Hollywood (United States of America) , Cinema's Exiles (Australia)
Plot: 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.
IMDB:tt1436342