From Caligari to Hitler
May 28, 2015 | IMDB 7.4
114 min Watch NowDocumentary, History
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.)
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IMDB 6.7 | Jul , 2009
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