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    Hollywood's Second World War

    90'

    2019-09-03

    8

    Documentary,War,History,TV Movie

    Overview:

    For the USA, World War 2 was an all-out war - to mobilize the masses, the US government launched a huge propaganda campaign and cinema, the medium of the masses, was quite simply their most important weapon. Government authorities monitored the production of feature films and the military itself produced documentaries aimed at rallying the American people to support the troops. This film tells the story of four Hollywood directors of European origin, who returned to the "Old World" during the Second World War to make propaganda documentaries for the US Army at the front: William Wyler from Alsace, Frank Capra from Italy, Anatole Litvak from Ukraine and - in post-war Germany - Billy Wilder from Austria.

    DirectingJascha HannoverWritingJascha Hannover

    Cast

    1

    Self

    Volker Schlöndorff

    1

    Self

    George Stevens Jr.

    1

    Self

    Catherine Wyler

    1

    Self (archive footage)

    Anatole Litvak

    2

    Self (archive footage)

    William Wyler

    2

    Self (archive footage)

    Frank Capra

    2

    Self (archive footage)

    Billy Wilder

    1

    Self (archive footage)

    George Stevens

    2

    Adenoid Hynkel (archive footage)

    Charlie Chaplin

    Details:

    • Budget: 0
    • Home page
    • Revenue: 0
    • List of countries:
      1. Germany
    • List of languages:
      1. German
      2. English
    • List of companies:
      1. Global Screen
      2. Radio Bremen
      3. ARTE
      4. Florianfilm
    • Vote Count: 2
    • Popularity: 0.5068
    • Status: Released
    • Original title:Hollywoods Zweiter Weltkrieg

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