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Hollywood and World War II (2019)
TV Movie | 90 min | Documentary, History, War

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Hollywood and World War II (2019)

TV Movie | 90 min | Documentary, History, War

The US government's propaganda machine during World War 2 was powered by cinema and the contributions of some of Hollywood's most famous directors. This is their story. For the USA, World War 2 was an all-out war - to mobilize the masses, ...See moreThe US government's propaganda machine during World War 2 was powered by cinema and the contributions of some of Hollywood's most famous directors. This is their story. 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. The four men - three of whom came from Jewish families - risked their lives at times for their new homeland and returned to the USA with serious physical and psychological injuries. Their films are unique, long-forgotten documentaries dealing with the front line in Italy and the bombardment of Germany through to the liberation of Dachau. Written by Jascha Hannover See less

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Dulcie Smart Narrator Narrator See fewer	Cloud Atlas (2012)
Hans Bayer Self - Sprecher Voice-Over (voice) Self - Sprecher Voice-Over (voice) See fewer	Hollywood and World War II (2019)
Frank Capra Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Michelangelo Capua Self - Biograph Anatole Litvaks Self - Biograph Anatole Litvaks See fewer	Hollywood and World War II (2019)
Thomas Doherty Self - Filmhistoriker Self - Filmhistoriker See fewer	The Breaking Point (I) (2013)
Ira C. Eaker Self - Oberbefehlshaber Eighth US Air Force (archive footage) Self - Oberbefehlshaber Eighth US Air Force (archive footage) See fewer	The Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress (1944)
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Jan Herman Self - Biograph William Wylers Self - Biograph William Wylers See fewer	Algren (revised) (2021)
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Gregor Höppner Self - Sprecher Voice-Over (voice) Self - Sprecher Voice-Over (voice) See fewer	Verbotene Liebe (1995)
Clayton R. Koppes Self - Historiker Self - Historiker See fewer	Hollywood and World War II (2019)
Anatole Litvak Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Snake Pit (1948)
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Gerald P. Nye Self - Senator North Dakota 1925-1945 (archive footage) Self - Senator North Dakota 1925-1945 (archive footage) See fewer
Edward G. Robinson Edward Renard (archive footage) Edward Renard (archive footage) See fewer	Double Indemnity (1944)
Franklin D. Roosevelt Self - Präsident USA 1933-1945 (archive footage) Self - Präsident USA 1933-1945 (archive footage) See fewer	The President's Mystery (1936)
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Margaret Tallichet Self - Ehefrau William Wylers (archive footage) Self - Ehefrau William Wylers (archive footage) See fewer	Stranger on the Third Floor (1940)
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Catherine Wyler Self - Tochter von William Wyler Self - Tochter von William Wyler See fewer	Memphis Belle (1990)
William Wyler Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)