Hitler's Hollywood

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Hitler's Hollywood

Released Apr 11, 2018

1h 45m

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An overview of the feature films produced in Germany between 1933 and 1945.

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J. R. Jones

Chicago Reader

[Critic Rüdiger Suchsland is] a careful and observant critic.

Apr 8, 2020

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Michael Phillips

Chicago Tribune

There's a great deal to process and absorb here. We are the images we make of ourselves and our times, for better or worse.

Rated: 3.5/4

May 10, 2018

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Kenneth Turan

Los Angeles Times

A sad story all around.

May 10, 2018

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Javier Ocaña

El Pais (Spain)

A remarkable work around aesthetics, ethics and even the legitimacy of barbarism through themes and developments during this era of German filmmaking. [Full Review in Spanish]

Oct 28, 2019

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Toni Vall

Cinemanía (Spain)

A must for all types of audiences. [Full review in Spanish]

Rated: 4/5

Sep 23, 2019

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Pat Mullen

POV Magazine

Hitler's Hollywood is as thorough and informative as a Master Class seminar, if as dry as Melba toast, and the collage of classic images presents snippets of film history that are both beautiful and unsettling.

May 24, 2019

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Michael E

A fascinating subject made boring by a tedious and didactic narration delivered in a funereal tone by Udo Kier, who refuses to allow the images to make an impression without his patronizing explanations of what we are seeing. Anyone who chooses a film like this is probably sophisticated enough not to require his unceasing professorial lecturing. The documentary also jumps at random from one time period to another and fails to develop critical themes in a consistent and orderly fashion. I gave up after half an hour. Very disappointing.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

01/21/21

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Audience Member

Fascinating documentary about the films made in Nazi Germany A lot if the films subvert the regime and those that don't look like nothing else But at the forefront is the knowledge that it was a state controlled genre and that state was purely evil when the War finally came

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

11/18/18

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Audience Member

The film sets out its' agenda clearly in the first 10 minutes. It then goes on for an additional 136 minutes meandering back and forth through the Nazi regime showing examples of the psychological games it played with the German population to build pride in what the Nazis were doing. It could have been done in a shorter period of time.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/18/23

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Rüdiger Suchsland

Director

Udo Kier

Narrator

Rüdiger Suchsland

Writer

Sarah Schmidt

Producer

Martina Haubrich

Producer

Gunnar Dedio

Producer

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Synopsis

An overview of the feature films produced in Germany between 1933 and 1945.

Director: Rüdiger Suchsland
Producer: Sarah Schmidt, Martina Haubrich, Gunnar Dedio
Screenwriter: Rüdiger Suchsland
Distributor: Kino Lorber
Production Co: Looks Filmproduktionen
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: German
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 11, 2018, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 10, 2018
Box Office (Gross USA): $40.7K
Runtime: 1h 45m

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