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Hitler's Hollywood

In the Third Reicheveryone was pirouetting, but none on the scaleof the spinning top...

In the Third Reich
everyone was pirouetting, but none on the scale
of the spinning top Marika Rökk

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In the Third Reich everyone was pirouetting,
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but none on the scale of the spinning top Marika Rökk.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
23
Timestamp in Movie
00:28:27
Uploaded
Jul 13, 2025
Genres
documentary, history
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N/A

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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.
You have to be able to play the piano - Hitler's Hollywood 00:07
You have to be able to play the piano
The other revue star, Johannes Heesters, a Dutchman and heart-throb. - Hitler's Hollywood 00:06
The other revue star, Johannes Heesters, a Dutchman and hear...
Great Germans in uniform, - Hitler's Hollywood 00:12
Great Germans in uniform,
Other genres shimmered with exotic fantasies - Hitler's Hollywood 00:08
Other genres shimmered with exotic fantasies
A German "Lawrence of Arabia", 30 years before David Lean. - Hitler's Hollywood 00:06
A German "Lawrence of Arabia", 30 years before Dav...
They were not lost on audiences but too close to reality. - Hitler's Hollywood 00:05
They were not lost on audiences but too close to reality.
And in Germany, cinema and reality were never a good match. - Hitler's Hollywood 00:05
And in Germany, cinema and reality were never a good match.
A pale imitation of "Metropolis”, - Hitler's Hollywood 00:06
A pale imitation of "Metropolis”,
"Metropolis" star Brigitte Helm played the lead. - Hitler's Hollywood 00:04
"Metropolis" star Brigitte Helm played the lead.
Fair hair, blue eyes. Born in 1891, Hans Albers was a hero of the cinema, - Hitler's Hollywood 00:11
Fair hair, blue eyes. Born in 1891, Hans Albers was a hero o...
One of the few German stars with a twinkle in his eye - Hitler's Hollywood 00:05
One of the few German stars with a twinkle in his eye
It was great between us two - Hitler's Hollywood 00:07
It was great between us two
A rogue, an anti-Nazi type even though Germanic. - Hitler's Hollywood 00:05
A rogue, an anti-Nazi type even though Germanic.
Physical and convincing - Hitler's Hollywood 00:11
Physical and convincing
An adventurer - Hitler's Hollywood 00:06
An adventurer
Hitler's Hollywood was not an auteur's cinema, but a cinema of stars. - Hitler's Hollywood 00:05
Hitler's Hollywood was not an auteur's cinema, but...
An international and an exotic touch. - Hitler's Hollywood 00:04
An international and an exotic touch.
Actors in the Third Reich had some of the best-paying jobs. - Hitler's Hollywood 00:04
Actors in the Third Reich had some of the best-paying jobs.
Their fees ran to high five-figure sums for each film. - Hitler's Hollywood 00:04
Their fees ran to high five-figure sums for each film.
In addition, from 1938, on Hitler's personal command, - Hitler's Hollywood 00:10
In addition, from 1938, on Hitler's personal command,