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Hitler's Hollywood

In exile, Kracauer wrotehis great historical work, "From Caligari to Hitler",on cinema in...

In exile, Kracauer wrote
his great historical work, "From Caligari to Hitler",
on cinema in the Weimar Republic

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In exile, Kracauer wrote his great historical work,
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"From Caligari to Hitler", on cinema in the Weimar Republic.
Duration
9 seconds
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43
Timestamp in Movie
00:14:50
Uploaded
Jul 09, 2025
Genres
documentary, history
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Movie Summary

Rüdiger Suchsland examines German cinema from 1933, when the Nazis came into power, until 1945 when the Third Reich collapsed.
He also wrote an important but little-known study - Hitler's Hollywood 00:07
He also wrote an important but little-known study
According to Kracauer, cinema is a seismograph of its time, - Hitler's Hollywood 00:09
According to Kracauer, cinema is a seismograph of its time,
It has an underlying meaning that can be exposed. - Hitler's Hollywood 00:04
It has an underlying meaning that can be exposed.
If that is true, and we believe it is, - Hitler's Hollywood 00:08
If that is true, and we believe it is,
What is the effect of their myths and narratives, - Hitler's Hollywood 00:09
What is the effect of their myths and narratives,
What does German cinema tell, that we have forgotten? - Hitler's Hollywood 00:05
What does German cinema tell, that we have forgotten?
The first effective, if very obvious, propaganda film - Hitler's Hollywood 00:06
The first effective, if very obvious, propaganda film
Hans Steinhoff's film tells of Quex, a working class boy. - Hitler's Hollywood 00:05
Hans Steinhoff's film tells of Quex, a working class bo...
The chaos of the images and the musical references - Hitler's Hollywood 00:07
The chaos of the images and the musical references
People, listen to the call... - Hitler's Hollywood 00:06
People, listen to the call...
People, hear... - People, hear the... - Hitler's Hollywood 00:08
People, hear... - People, hear the...
The film works as a psychographics of fascism: - Hitler's Hollywood 00:12
The film works as a psychographics of fascism:
You see, there are things going on - Hitler's Hollywood 00:07
You see, there are things going on
But us proletarians, we have to watch ourselves. - Hitler's Hollywood 00:05
But us proletarians, we have to watch ourselves.
You have to stand by us old ones. - Hitler's Hollywood 00:07
You have to stand by us old ones.
Quex questions the wild and nonchalant life of the Young Communists - Hitler's Hollywood 00:09
Quex questions the wild and nonchalant life of the Young Com...
You don't even have a girlfriend. - What's the point? - Hitler's Hollywood 00:05
You don't even have a girlfriend. - What's the poi...
The forest becomes the place of initiation and music its means. - Hitler's Hollywood 00:05
The forest becomes the place of initiation and music its mea...
The idea of youth is sensuously, erotically enhanced: - Hitler's Hollywood 00:07
The idea of youth is sensuously, erotically enhanced:
That is the very question. Where does the boy belong? - Hitler's Hollywood 00:05
That is the very question. Where does the boy belong?