Film Emigration from Nazi Germany

The story

Based on extensive interviews, shot on 16mm in a series of static long takes, Filmemigration aus Nazideutschland, is one of the most fascinating examples of "Film history on film" ever produced. Straschek devoted years to researching the topic and accumulating both film and non-film materials. Apart from some radio features and articles, however, this 290-minute TV programme remains the only published trace of Straschek's lifelong work on the emigration of film personnel. He had intended to publish a three-volume book, encompassing all available data about 3,000 emigrants originating from the centre and peripheries of film production, but the book never materialised.

Cast

H Hans FeldSelf M Marta FeuchtwangerSelf A Artur GottleinSelf P Peter KartnerSelf C Curt BoisSelf (archive footage) F Fritz KortnerSelf (archive footage) A Anatole LitvakSelf L Luise RainerSelf J John BrahmSelf H Harry R. SokalSelf G George FroeschelSelf F Fritz LangSelf

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C Camilla SpiraSelf I Ilka GrüningSelf (archive footage) H Harold NebenzalSelf H Hans Heinrich von TwardowskiSelf (archive footage) L Lotte EisnerSelf R Rudi FehrSelf P Paul FalkenbergSelf B Bronislau KaperSelf M Martin KosleckSelf G Gerd OswaldSelf G Gitta AlpárSelf H Heinrich FraenkelSelf G Gottfried ReinhardtSelf J Johanna HoferSelf P Peter LorreSelf (archive footage) L Lucie MannheimSelf R Reinhold SchünzelSelf (archive footage) J Jan LustigSelf F Franz MarischkaSelf P Paul HenreidSelf O Oskar HomolkaSelf F Francis LedererSelf S S.Z. SakallSelf (archive footage) F Felix BaschSelf (archive footage) B Bertolt BrechtSelf (archive footage) D Dolly HaasSelf F Frederick KohnerSelf P Peter KortnerSelf