Cinema's Exiles: From Hitler to Hollywood (Movie)

2009 / Director: Karen Thomas / Avg Rating: 0 out of 10
Eight hundred German filmmakers (cast and crew) fled the Nazis in the 1930s. The film uses voice-overs, archival footage, and film clips to examine Berlin's vital filmmaking in the 1920s; then it follows a producer, directors, composers, editors, writers, and actors to Hollywood: some succeeded and many found no work. Among those profiled are Erich Pommer, Joseph May, Ernst Lubitsch, Fritz Lang, Billy Wilder, and Peter Lorre. Once in Hollywood, these exiles helped each other, housed new arrivals, and raised money so others could escape. Some worked on anti-Nazi films, like Casablanca. The themes and lighting of German Expressionism gave rise in Hollywood to film noir.
Same Cast :
  1. A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies (1995) (Movie) (2)
    Billy Wilder
    Billy Wilder...Himself
    Fritz Lang
    Fritz Lang...Himself
  2. And the Oscar Goes To... (2014) (Movie) (2)
    Billy Wilder
    Billy Wilder...
    Fred Zinnemann
    Fred Zinnemann...
  3. Around the World in Eighty Days (1956) (Movie) (2)
    Marlene Dietrich
    Marlene Dietrich...Saloon Hostess
    Peter Lorre
    Peter Lorre...Steward
  4. Cavalcade of the Academy Awards (1940) (Movie) (2)
    Elsa Lanchester
    Elsa Lanchester...Herself
    Hedy Lamarr
    Hedy Lamarr...Herself
  5. Die Koffer des Herrn O.F. (1931) (Movie) (2)
    Hedy Lamarr
    Hedy Lamarr...Helene, seine Tochter
    Peter Lorre
    Peter Lorre...Redakteur Stix
  6. Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman (2007) (Movie) (2)
    Peter Lorre
    Peter Lorre...Himself (archive footage)
    Elsa Lanchester
    Elsa Lanchester...Herself (archive footage)
  7. Hedy Lamarr: Secrets of a Hollywood Star (2006) (Movie) (2)
    Hedy Lamarr
    Hedy Lamarr...
    Lupita Tovar
    Lupita Tovar...
  8. Helmut by June (2007) (Movie) (2)
    Billy Wilder
    Billy Wilder...Self (archive footage)
    Sigourney Weaver
    Sigourney Weaver...Self
  9. Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (1983) (Movie) (2)
    Hedy Lamarr
    Hedy Lamarr...Herself (archive footage)
    Elsa Lanchester
    Elsa Lanchester...Herself (archive footage)
  10. Show-Business at War (1943) (Movie) (2)
    Marlene Dietrich
    Marlene Dietrich...Self
    Hedy Lamarr
    Hedy Lamarr...Self
  11. That's Entertainment! III (1994) (Movie) (2)
    Marlene Dietrich
    Marlene Dietrich...(archive footage)
    Hedy Lamarr
    Hedy Lamarr...(archive footage)
  12. The Conspirators (1944) (Movie) (2)
    Hedy Lamarr
    Hedy Lamarr...Irene Von Mohr
    Peter Lorre
    Peter Lorre...Jan Bernazsky
  13. The Dinosaur and the Baby (1967) (Movie) (2)
    Fritz Lang
    Fritz Lang...Himself
    Peter Lorre
    Peter Lorre...Hans Beckert (archive footage)
  14. The Exiles (1989) (Movie) (2)
    Fritz Lang
    Fritz Lang...Himself
    Billy Wilder
    Billy Wilder...Himself
  15. The Hollywood Greats: Charles Laughton (1978) (Movie) (2)
    Billy Wilder
    Billy Wilder...Interviewee
    Elsa Lanchester
    Elsa Lanchester...Interviewee
  16. The Love Goddesses (1965) (Movie) (2)
    Marlene Dietrich
    Marlene Dietrich...(archive footage)
    Hedy Lamarr
    Hedy Lamarr...(archive footage)
  17. The Story of Mankind (1957) (Movie) (2)
    Hedy Lamarr
    Hedy Lamarr...Joan of Arc
    Peter Lorre
    Peter Lorre...Nero
  18. Universal Horror (1998) (Movie) (2)
    Lupita Tovar
    Lupita Tovar...Self - Interviewee
    Elsa Lanchester
    Elsa Lanchester...(archive footage)
  19. Witness for the Prosecution (1957) (Movie) (2)
    Marlene Dietrich
    Marlene Dietrich...Christine Vole
    Elsa Lanchester
    Elsa Lanchester...Miss Plimsoll
This product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB.
TMDB Logo