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From Caligari to Hitler

2015 · 114 min

A scholarly, clip-rich essay that asks you to read history through cinema, rewarding patience with unsettling echoes of the present.

Genres
Documentary, History
Tagline
What does Cinema know, that we don't?
Overview
Film journalist and critic Rüdiger Suchsland examines German cinema from 1919, when the Republic of Weimar is born, to 1933, when the Nazis come into power. (Followed by Hitler's Hollywood, 2017.)
How it feels
Earnest, dark and melancholic. Measured and demanding.
About
Politics, art, power, media
Content
Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
Note
Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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How it feels

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Full breakdown
Tone
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
Places
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror2
Humour2
Realism9
Romance1
Tension4
Darkness6
Complexity8
Emotional weight6

Cast

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Details

Genres
documentary, history
Directed by
Rüdiger Suchsland
Written by
Rüdiger Suchsland
Starring
Rüdiger Suchsland, Hans Henrik Wöhler, Volker Schlöndorff, Fatih Akin, Thomas Elsaesser, Eric D. Weitz, Elisabeth Bronfen, Fritz Lang
Music
Henrik Albrecht, Michael Hartmann
Cinematography
Frank Reimann, Harald Schmuck
Runtime
114 min
Country
Germany
Languages
English, German

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