Original title
Filmemigration aus Nazideutschland
Released
11/11/1975
Origin country
DE
Genre
Documentary
Production companies
WDR, Sender Freies Berlin, WSK-Productions Inc. New York
Status
Ended
Number of seasons
1
Number of episodes
5
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.
This documentary was made the late 1960's by filmmaker Gunter Straschek and his wife Karin Rausch. It is a compilation of interviews with many actors (or their descendants) and others in the movie making business who fled Nazi Germany.
Episode 1: Those Who Were Smart Got Out Quick.
Episode 2: We Were Startled and Outlawed.
Episode 3: Away from Europe, and to Some Safety.
Episode 4: Under Palm Trees and Blue Sky.
Episode 5: You Never Knew Who You Could Shake Hands With.
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