3 Movies Starring Fritz Lang

From Caligari to Hitler: German Cinema in the Age of the Masses

From Caligari to Hitler: German Cinema in the Age of the Masses

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2015-05-28

Languages:

German, English

Countries:

Germany

Runtime:

114 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.7 (82 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Siegfried Kracauer (book)

Rèdiger Suchsland

Fullplot:

"Metropolis" (1927), "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari" (1920), "M" (1931), "Nosferatu" (1922), "People on Sunday" (1930), "Berlin, Symphony of a Metropolis" (1927) all rank among the classics and most influential films of European Cinema. FROM CALIGARI TO HITLER tells the story of early German Cinema as the story of social and cultural upheaval in the first republic, between 1918 and 1933. Siegfried Kracauer, who wrote the groundbreaking book 'From Caligari to Hitler' (1947) on this 'Weimar Cinema', is a central figure, as is Fritz Lang, the most versatile of all Weimar directors. The viewer will encounter the cast members of the young Republic's stage: Marlene Dietrich, Louise Brooks, Emil Jannings, directors such as G.W.Pabst and F.W. Murnau, writers like Billy Wilder and many more - those who helped shape the new art of cinema.

In the Basement

In the Basement

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2014-09-26

Languages:

German

Countries:

Austria

Runtime:

81 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.1 (648 Reviews)

Director:

Ulrich Seidl

Genres:

Documentary

Cast:

Writer:

Veronika Franz (idea & concept)

Ulrich Seidl (idea & concept)

Fullplot:

A documentary that reveals what its subjects do in their respective basements.

From Caligari to Hitler: German Cinema in the Age of the Masses

From Caligari to Hitler: German Cinema in the Age of the Masses

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2015-05-28

Languages:

German, English

Countries:

Germany

Runtime:

114 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.7 (83 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Siegfried Kracauer (book)

Rèdiger Suchsland

Fullplot:

"Metropolis" (1927), "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari" (1920), "M" (1931), "Nosferatu" (1922), "People on Sunday" (1930), "Berlin, Symphony of a Metropolis" (1927) all rank among the classics and most influential films of European Cinema. FROM CALIGARI TO HITLER tells the story of early German Cinema as the story of social and cultural upheaval in the first republic, between 1918 and 1933. Siegfried Kracauer, who wrote the groundbreaking book 'From Caligari to Hitler' (1947) on this 'Weimar Cinema', is a central figure, as is Fritz Lang, the most versatile of all Weimar directors. The viewer will encounter the cast members of the young Republic's stage: Marlene Dietrich, Louise Brooks, Emil Jannings, directors such as G.W.Pabst and F.W. Murnau, writers like Billy Wilder and many more - those who helped shape the new art of cinema.

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