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.
Unfortunately the movie Hollywood's Second World War is not yet available on HBO Max.
Sound | Maximilian Pellnitz | Sound |
Crew | Andy Lehmann | Cinematography |
Sound | Jannis Hannover | Music |
Sound | Julius Richter | Music |
Editing | Fritz Busse | Editor |
Art | Arno Blumenstock | Production Design |
Production | André Schäfer | Producer |
Production | Lorenza Castella | Producer |
Production | Oliver Lau | Production Manager |
Crew | Mechtild Lehning | Editorial Staff |
Sound | Boris Joens | Sound |
Sound | Thorsten Czart | Sound |
Editing | Lucas Keßler | Color Grading |
Production | Konrad Ege | Researcher |
Production | Nancy Randle | Researcher |
Production | Doris Ohlsen-Schöne | Production Manager |
Directing | Jascha Hannover | Director |
Writing | Jascha Hannover | Writer |