Hollywood's Second World War

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

September 3, 2019

Original language

German

Spoken languages

German, English

Countries

Germany

Production

ARTE,Global Screen,Radio Bremen,Florianfilm

Cast

Volker Schlöndorff,George Stevens Jr.,Catherine Wyler,Anatole Litvak,William Wyler,Frank Capra,Billy Wilder,George Stevens,Charlie Chaplin

Director

Jascha Hannover

Writer

Jascha Hannover

Producer

Lorenza Castella,André Schäfer

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

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