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Rüdiger SuchslandScreenplay:
Rüdiger SuchslandCinematography:
Harald SchmuckCast:
Udo Kier (narrator), Hans Albers (a.f.), Heinz Rühmann (a.f.), Zarah Leander (a.f.), Ilse Werner (a.f.), Marianne Hoppe (a.f.), Leni Riefenstahl (a.f.) (more)VOD (1)
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Nearly a thousand feature films came out of Third Reich cinema, produced between 1933-1945. As shown in Rüdiger Suchsland’s film Hitler’s Hollywood, the body of work included blockbusters, propaganda, and entertainment that did their best to mirror the Hollywood mystique. Armed with their own themes and celebrities, the films produced under the Third Reich made for a heavily censored yet influential period in German cinematic history. Suchsland takes us on an unfiltered journey through the history of this cinematic era, honing in on the underlying subliminal and overt messages of the films and their continued presence in the modern world. (Minneapolis-St. Paul International Film Festival)
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This is very mediocre overall. There are many problematic statements, no summary of Weimar film, and no epilogue on the film after the post-war period. Many claims are refuted in the very next sentences, and there’s over-interpretation everywhere you look. This is only suitable for beginners, who will not notice anything in particular, but will only retain in their memory the impression of "an interesting chapter in the history of German cinema," as even the choice of the people most often discussed in the film is questionable. There were allegedly no genres and suddenly, we see sci-fi, noir, melodrama, musicals, comedies, drama, action... Lucky Kids wasn’t Lilian Harvey’s last film in German cinema before going to Hollywood, because she was back a year later from a failed attempt to become a star at 20th Century Fox in two seasons in 1933/1935. This commentary could be a long list of errors, but times have changed, and today you can buy and study a number of the films cited for yourself. And you don't just have to fixate on Ingrid Bergman's "fling" in The Four Companions.
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