Hollywood's Second World War

Hollywood's Second World War (2019)

Released: 2019-09-03 Duration: 1hr 30min
Rating 8.0

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.

Production Companies

Global Screen
Radio Bremen
Radio Bremen
ARTE
ARTE
Florianfilm

Additional Info

Budget $0.00
Revenue $0.00
Original Language de
Popularity 1.25

Directed By

Jascha Hannover

Crew

Cinematography
Andy Lehmann
Editor
Fritz Busse
Researcher
Konrad Ege
Production Design
Arno Blumenstock
Researcher
Nancy Randle
Color Grading
Lucas Keßler
Producer
André Schäfer
Production Manager
Oliver Lau
Editorial Staff
Mechtild Lehning
Production Manager
Doris Ohlsen-Schöne
Director
Jascha Hannover

TOP CAST

Anatole Litvak
Anatole Litvak

Self (archive footage)

William Wyler
William Wyler

Self (archive footage)

Frank Capra
Frank Capra

Self (archive footage)

Billy Wilder
Billy Wilder

Self (archive footage)

George Stevens
George Stevens

Self (archive footage)

Charlie Chaplin
Charlie Chaplin

Adenoid Hynkel (archive footage)

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