Cinema's exiles, from Hitler to Hollywood, a co-production of Film Odyssey, Inc. and Turner Entertainment Co. in association with the Museum of Film and Television, Berlin, L'Institut national de l'audiovisuel, and France 3 Paris ; directed, written, and produced by Karen Thomas
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Cinema's exiles, from Hitler to Hollywood, a co-production of Film Odyssey, Inc. and Turner Entertainment Co. in association with the Museum of Film and Television, Berlin, L'Institut national de l'audiovisuel, and France 3 Paris ; directed, written, and produced by Karen Thomas
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eng
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videorecording
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TV Parental Guidelines rating: TV-PG
Main title
Cinema's exiles
Medium
videorecording
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948976576
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a co-production of Film Odyssey, Inc. and Turner Entertainment Co. in association with the Museum of Film and Television, Berlin, L'Institut national de l'audiovisuel, and France 3 Paris ; directed, written, and produced by Karen Thomas
Runtime
117
Series statement
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group archive collection
Sub title
from Hitler to Hollywood
Summary
When Adolf Hitler became Chancellor of Germany in 1933, one of his first actions was to ban Jews from working in that country's film industry, praised as the most creative cinema in the world. Men and women who had made landmarks of movie history fled their homeland in the ensuing months and years. Many went to Hollywood. This compelling documentary traces the experiences of the exiles who took refuge in Hollywood, and examines their impact on both the German and the American cinemas. In Germany they had created ground-breaking pictures such as The Cabinet Of Dr Who, Caligari, The Blue Angel and M-The Murderers Among Us. In Hollywood, their influence ranged from the horror genre and film noir, to comedy and drama. With their lush compositions, they changed the role of music in the motion picture. They even made Westerns. Included amongst more than 800 film professionals who escaped to Hollywood in the years between 1933 and 1939 were actors Felix Bressart, Hedy Lamarr and Peter Lorre; directors Fritz Land, Henry Koster, Billy Wilder and Fred Zinnerman ; composers Frederick Hollander, Hans Salter and Franz Waxman and cinematographer Rudy Mate. Not every exile found success in Hollywood. Most never regained the fame they had known in Europe
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live action
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- Documentary films
- Motion picture industry -- Germany -- History -- 20th century
- Jewish motion picture producers and directors -- Germany
- Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) -- History
- Motion picture industry -- California -- Los Angeles -- History -- 20th century
- Nonfiction films
- Motion picture producers and directors -- United States
- Jews in the motion picture industry -- Germany
- Jewish motion picture producers and directors -- California -- Los Angeles
- Motion picture producers and directors -- Germany
- Jews in the motion picture industry -- United States
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- Jewish motion picture producers and directors -- Germany
- Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) -- History
- Motion picture industry -- California -- Los Angeles -- History -- 20th century
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- Motion picture producers and directors -- United States
- Jews in the motion picture industry -- Germany
- Jewish motion picture producers and directors -- California -- Los Angeles
- Motion picture producers and directors -- Germany
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