Von Caligari zu Hitler : Das deutsche Kino im Zeitalter der Massen = From Caligari to Hitler = German cinema in the Age of the Masses / Kino Classics ; Looks Filmproduktionen, in Kooperation mit der Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau Stiftung ; Ein Film von Rüdiger Suchsland ; produziert von Martina Haubrich ; Buch und Regie, Rüdiger Suchsland.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Suchsland, Rüdiger, screenwriter, film director, narrator.

Wöhler, Hans-Henrik, narrator.

Haubrich, Martina, 1969- film producer.

Akin, Fatih, 1973- on-screen participant.

Bronfen, Elisabeth, on-screen participant.

Elsaesser, Thomas, 1943-2019, on-screen participant.

Schlöndorff, Volker, on-screen participant.

Weitz, Eric D., on-screen participant.

Schmuck, Harald, director of photography.

Reimann, Frank, director of photography.

Dringenberg, Katja, editor of moving image work.

Hartmann, Michael (Composer), composer (expression).

Albrecht, Henrik, composer (expression).

Looks Filmproduktionen, production company.

Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung, production company.

Kino Lorber, Inc., publisher.

Kino Classics (Firm), production company.

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures--Germany--History and criticism.

Motion pictures.

Motion pictures--Germany--Psychological aspects.

National socialism and motion pictures.

Motion pictures--Psychological aspects.

Germany.

Genre:

Film adaptations.

Video recordings.

Historical films.

Feature films.

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Documentary films.

Nonfiction films.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (118 min.) : sound, black and white, color-tinted and color ; 4 3/4 in.

4 3/4 in

polychrome

Other Title:

Deutsche Kino im Zeitalter der Massen

Disc label title: From Caligari to Hitler

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Kino Lorber, [2018]

Language Note:

Dialogue in German and English with optional English subtitles.

System Details:

DVD, NTSC, Region 1, wide screen (1.78:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo.

digital

optical

stereo

Dolby

NTSC

video file

Summary:

Using a montage of footage from the highest quality restorations, Suchsland illustrates Siegfried Kracauer's 1947 thesis that the rise of Nazism is anticipated in many themes found throughout Weimar cinema, while situating Kracauer in the philosophy and histories of the time. Looking at films like "Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler," "Metropolis," "The Golem," and many others, Suchsland tracks the concept of the charismatic villain bewitching the people.

Participant:

Narrators, Rüdiger Suchsland and Hans-Henrik Wöhler ; with Fatih Akin, Elisabeth Bronfen, Thomas Elsaesser, Volker Schlöndorff, Eric D. Weitz.

Credits:

Camera, Harald Schmuck, Frank Reimann ; editing, Katja Dringenberg ; music, Michael Hartmann, Henrik Albrecht.

Notes:

Originally released as a documentary film in 2014.

Based on the book "From Caligari to Hitler" by Siegfried Kracauer.

Special feature: trailer.

For private home use only.

Related Work:

Motion picture adaptation of: Kracauer, Siegfried, 1889-1966. From Caligari to Hitler.

OCLC:

1020307695

Publisher Number:

738329227388

K22738 Kino Lorber

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