AGE CLASSIFICATION REQUEST

2016

Belmont Filmhouse , 49 Belmont Street , Aberdeen

FROM CALIGARI TO HITLER

SYNOPSIS

From Caligari to Hitler Von Caligari zu Hitler Rüdiger Suchsland / Germany 2015 / 1h58min / German with English subtitles

FROM CALIGARI TO HITLER is a documentary on film making in the Weimar Republic. It takes a look back at the most memorable films produced during that time. The film includes commentary bits by film scholars as well as contemporary filmmakers. The Weimar Republic, between 1918 and 1933, was the most free and liberal state on German soil – a wild epoch, shaped by political change, economic crisis and cultural lustre. It also was an important time for German film. A time full of wonder and ideas. Film in the Weimar Republic gave rise to aesthetic elements like leitmotifs, archetypes and the term genre – that still have an influence on cinema today. Weimar directors like Murnau, Lang, Lubitsch, Pabst, Sternberg, Wilder and Ruttmann rose to become legends. Their movies made stars like Marlene Dietrich, Louise Brooks, Emil Jannings and Conrad Veidt go down in cinema history. The Weimar Republic produces a variety of iconic films like Nosferatu, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, Metropolis or People on Sunday.

Trailer (German): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hg_vL6lQ6I

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SUGGESTED RATING UTILISING BBFC GUIDELINES PG

DISCRIMINATION

None

DRUGS

There are some clips used of people drinking Champagne

HORROR

Some of the clips used are from Weimar horror films,. You see some horror characters, but there is nothing too explicit. IMITABLE BEHAVIOUR

None

LANGUAGE

Most of the clips used are from silent German films. The voice-over doesn’t use any foul language.

NUDITY

There are some scenes of a woman dancing with only a few clothes on, but no full nudity.

SEX

There might be some clips in which sex is implied, but no specific images.

THEME

Weimar German cinema.

VIOLENCE none

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