Hitler's Hollywood (2018) Plot Summary Explained

Release, runtime and language

2018 · 105 min · German

Echo score 69

#30,300 1

Directed by

Rüdiger Suchsland

Starring

Udo Kier, Hans Albers, Adolf Hitler, Gustaf Gründgens, Heinz Rühmann, Hermann Göring

Filmmaker Rüdiger Suchsland explores the Nazi regime's extensive film production, revealing how Joseph Goebbels directed and oversaw over 1,000 films between 1933 and 1945. The documentary exposes how these movies blurred the lines between reality and fantasy, presenting a propagandized version of German life. It examines the regime's cinematic obsession and its unsettling parallels to contemporary methods of mass manipulation.