From Caligari to Hitler

2 Movies

Based on From Caligari to Hitler: A Psychological History of the German Film, a book by film critic and writer Siegfried Kracauer.

Movies in this Series

7.3

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

2026

6.8

Hitler's Hollywood

2026

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

7.3

2026 1h 54m min Documentary, Biography

Focuses on the Weimar Republic (1918-1933) and its 'collective spirit' in cinema. The purpose of film as a cultural tool is examined. Based on celebrated sociologist Siegfried Kracauer's seminal book 'From Caligari to Hitler' (1947).

2. Hitler's Hollywood

6.8

2026 N/A min Documentary, History

Rüdiger Suchsland examines German cinema from 1933, when the Nazis came into power, until 1945 when the Third Reich collapsed.

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