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Hitler's Hollywood

Pabst shows a Mediaeval world Pabst shows total mobilisation, a mass all moving in...

Pabst shows a Mediaeval world
removed from the German present yet not, in fact, so dissimilar: Pabst shows total mobilisation, a mass all moving in trance-like rhythm

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Pabst shows a Mediaeval world removed from the German present
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yet not, in fact, so dissimilar:
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Pabst shows total mobilisation,
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a mass all moving in trance-like rhythm.
Duration
15 seconds
Views
40
Timestamp in Movie
00:13:42
Uploaded
Jul 13, 2025
Genres
documentary, history
Production
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.
For a moment, they seem to be completely unified with their leader: - Hitler's Hollywood 00:11
For a moment, they seem to be completely unified with their ...
He fights against the mania as well as ideologues - Hitler's Hollywood 00:06
He fights against the mania as well as ideologues
"Propaganda is totalitarian, regressive and nihilistic. - Hitler's Hollywood 00:05
"Propaganda is totalitarian, regressive and nihilistic.
You remove any remaining substance from meaningful terms, - Hitler's Hollywood 00:08
You remove any remaining substance from meaningful terms,
From beneath the tumult of propaganda a skull appears.” - Hitler's Hollywood 00:05
From beneath the tumult of propaganda a skull appears.”
Since 1933, - Hitler's Hollywood 00:11
Since 1933,
In exile, Kracauer wrote his great historical work, - Hitler's Hollywood 00:09
In exile, Kracauer wrote his great historical work,
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