{"id":35722,"date":"2017-02-23T18:25:05","date_gmt":"2017-02-23T17:25:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/looks.film\/hitlers-hollywood\/"},"modified":"2025-01-03T11:09:31","modified_gmt":"2025-01-03T10:09:31","slug":"hitlers-hollywood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/looks.film\/en\/hitlers-hollywood\/","title":{"rendered":"Hitler&#8217;s Hollywood"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row_content&#8221; full_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; css_animation=&#8221;none&#8221; parallax=&#8221;content-moving-fade&#8221; parallax_image=&#8221;31140&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1590593057465{background-position: center;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][vc_single_image image=&#8221;37396&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;right&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row_content&#8221; disable_custom_paddings_mobile=&#8221;true&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1590593105286{padding-top: 35px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243; disable_custom_paddings_mobile=&#8221;true&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1590593119782{padding-left: 70px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #00263e;\"><span class=\"label-inline dtable--label\">2017 | Documentary Feature | <\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #00263e;\"><span class=\"dtable--txt\"><span class=\"sep-item\"><span class=\"label-above dtable--label\">105&#8242;<\/span> | <span class=\"imdbRatingPlugin\" data-user=\"ur1705756\" data-title=\"tt6566624\" data-style=\"p4\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt6566624\/?ref_=plg_rt_1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img src=\"https:\/\/ia.media-imdb.com\/images\/G\/01\/imdb\/plugins\/rating\/images\/imdb_31x14.png\" alt=\" Hitlers Hollywood (2017) on IMDb\" \/> <\/a><\/span><script>(function(d,s,id){var js,stags=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(d.getElementById(id)){return;}js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=\"https:\/\/ia.media-imdb.com\/images\/G\/01\/imdb\/plugins\/rating\/js\/rating.js\";stags.parentNode.insertBefore(js,stags);})(document,\"script\",\"imdb-rating-api\");<\/script> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;20px&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h3>Hitler&#8217;s Hollywood<\/h3>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;10px&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243; disable_custom_paddings_mobile=&#8221;true&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1590593052991{padding-left: 60px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text]<strong>VoD<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=XVeFBjVcglU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><u>Youtube (Trailer)<\/u><\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row_content&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1592216948816{margin-top: 0px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243; disable_custom_paddings_mobile=&#8221;true&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1590593403807{padding-left: 70px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]We ask what the Nazi cinema of the Third Reich reveals about its period and its people? How do these films, including their myths, their stories, their open lies and hidden truths, affect the future of the history of German cinema?<\/p>\n<p>The Nazi-cinema was a state-controlled industry, subject to rigid political and cultural censorship. At the same time, it aspired to be \u201cGreat Cinema\u201d; it viewed itself as an ideological and aesthetic alternative to Hollywood. A German dream factory.<br \/>\nThis state-funded studio-based cinema followed industrial modes of production.<\/p>\n<p>It established its own celebrity star system and marketed itself with the latest, state of the art marketing techniques. The aim was to beat the US-cinema with its own tools. German cinema produced Nazi blockbuster of the likes of \u201cM\u00fcnchhausen\u201d, as well as NS films d\u2019auteur such as \u201cOpfergang\u201d (The Great Sacrifice).<\/p>\n<p>Nazi-cinema thought big. Technically, it was executed to perfection. Cinema was meant to educate and entertain. It was industrially pre-fabricated to manipulate the people co-opt the masses, stir up sentiments of hatred and consent, self-sacrifice and moral cowardice.<br \/>\nPerhaps, the feelings evoked by these films were feelings of self-delusion, false feelings. It is only in this vein that the impact of Nazi cinema can be understood. It was popular and satisfied the desires of large sections of society. In its days, millions of people flocked to the cinemas.<\/p>\n<p>About 1000 feature films were made in Germany in the years between 1933-45, only a few of them were openly Nazi propaganda films. But, by the same token, even fewer of them can be considered harmless entertainment.<\/p>\n<p>We look at these films and the people behind them. How stereotypes of the \u201cenemy\u201d and values of love and hate managed to be planted, into the heads of the viewers, through the screens.<\/p>\n<p>We tell stories of: followers and side kicks, fanatics and careerists, opportunists, rebels, insurgents and renegades, of cowards and brave men \u2013 of victims and perpetrators.<\/p>\n<p>We tell the story of the stars of the NS-cinema: Hans Albers, Heinz R\u00fchmann, Theo Lingen, Gustav Knuth, Johannes Heesters, Zarah Leander, Ilse Werner, Marika R\u00f6kk, Grete Weiser, Heinrich George, Luis Trenker, Veit Harlan, Leni Riefenstahl, Thea von Harbou, Karl Ritter and many more. And we tell the stories of the others: Helmuth K\u00e4utner, Detlef Sierck (later: Douglas Sirk), G.W.Pabst; Werner Hochbaum, Erich K\u00e4stner.<\/p>\n<p>How much Hollywood is there in Hitler\u2019s dream factory?[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243; disable_custom_paddings_mobile=&#8221;true&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1590593407110{padding-right: 70px !important;padding-left: 60px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text]<strong>Press<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sueddeutsche.de\/muenchen\/dokumentarfilm-komm-suesser-tod-1.3388550\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>&#8220;<u>A documentary that examines the Nazis&#8217; &#8216;Germanic dream factory&#8217;.<\/u>&#8221; \u00a0<img class=\"alignnone wp-image-34521\" src=\"https:\/\/looks.film\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Logo_SZ_Spons_gr\u00fcn_CS-300x72.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"24\" srcset=\"https:\/\/looks.film\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Logo_SZ_Spons_gr\u00fcn_CS-300x72.png 300w, https:\/\/looks.film\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Logo_SZ_Spons_gr\u00fcn_CS-768x184.png 768w, https:\/\/looks.film\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Logo_SZ_Spons_gr\u00fcn_CS.png 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/><\/em><\/a>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]<strong>Distribution<\/strong><br \/>\nBettina Offermann<br \/>\n<u><\/u>Christine Baron<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:distribution@looks.film\"><u>distribution@looks.film<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n<p>WIDE HOUSE[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<strong>Executive Producers<\/strong><br \/>\nGunnar Dedio<\/p>\n<p><strong>A co-production by<\/strong><br \/>\nLOOKSfilm, Arte\/ZDF<\/p>\n<p><strong>Author &amp; Director<\/strong><br \/>\nR\u00fcdiger Suchsland<\/p>\n<p><strong>Creative Producers<\/strong><br \/>\nMartina Haubrich, Sarah Schmidt<\/p>\n<p><strong>Funding<\/strong><br \/>\nMedienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, Filmf\u00f6rderung Hessen[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31141,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[197,165,203,196,192],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Hitler&#039;s Hollywood - LOOKSfilm<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"&quot;Hitler&#039;s Hollywood&quot; tells stories of followers, fanatics and careerists, opportunists, rebels, and renegades, of victims and perpetrators.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/looks.film\/en\/hitlers-hollywood\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Hitler&#039;s Hollywood - LOOKSfilm\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"&quot;Hitler&#039;s Hollywood&quot; 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