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Hitler's Hollywood

Klaus Mann's roman a clef seized on Gustaf Gründgensstarring role, "Mephisto"

Klaus Mann's roman a clef seized on Gustaf Gründgens
starring role, "Mephisto"

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Klaus Mann's roman a clef
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seized on Gustaf Gründgens starring role, "Mephisto".
Duration
6 seconds
Views
26
Timestamp in Movie
00:48:12
Uploaded
Jul 09, 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.
Contemporaries described him as having the guts - Hitler's Hollywood 00:06
Contemporaries described him as having the guts
When people go to bed In a pointed nightcap - Hitler's Hollywood 00:24
When people go to bed In a pointed nightcap
When morning finally dawns - Hitler's Hollywood 00:18
When morning finally dawns
Goebbels permitted the film - Hitler's Hollywood 00:06
Goebbels permitted the film
Don't use your sword, but your verses. They re more effective. - Hitler's Hollywood 00:06
Don't use your sword, but your verses. They re more eff...
In the film, he throws down a rain of flyers - Hitler's Hollywood 00:07
In the film, he throws down a rain of flyers
It shows an artist challenging the authorities - Hitler's Hollywood 00:08
It shows an artist challenging the authorities
Scenes of a successful revolution in Nazi cinema. - Hitler's Hollywood 00:04
Scenes of a successful revolution in Nazi cinema.
Or did they do it to keep people in a good mood? - Hitler's Hollywood 00:05
Or did they do it to keep people in a good mood?
The artists, like court jesters, could more easily speak the truth, - Hitler's Hollywood 00:09
The artists, like court jesters, could more easily speak the...
The night isn't only for sleeping The night is when it all happens - Hitler's Hollywood 00:13
The night isn't only for sleeping The night is when it ...
With the outbreak of war the cinema grew in propaganda - Hitler's Hollywood 00:08
With the outbreak of war the cinema grew in propaganda
Films which legitimised some over-stepping of limits: - Hitler's Hollywood 00:07
Films which legitimised some over-stepping of limits:
"Big men", that meant major German men, - Hitler's Hollywood 00:05
"Big men", that meant major German men,
Veit Harlan set the tone in "Der Herrscher" - Hitler's Hollywood 00:11
Veit Harlan set the tone in "Der Herrscher"
The capitalist as leader: - Hitler's Hollywood 00:07
The capitalist as leader:
That's the ruling principle of my work. - Hitler's Hollywood 00:04
That's the ruling principle of my work.
Costume and sets immersed the viewers in the joy - Hitler's Hollywood 00:08
Costume and sets immersed the viewers in the joy
A strategy of forgetting that no one could fully escape. - Hitler's Hollywood 00:05
A strategy of forgetting that no one could fully escape.
It was all far-removed from historical reality anyway. - Hitler's Hollywood 00:04
It was all far-removed from historical reality anyway.