{"id":1620,"date":"2026-05-02T05:55:26","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T04:55:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wichitafilms.com\/?post_type=films&#038;p=1620"},"modified":"2026-05-02T05:55:27","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T04:55:27","slug":"hollywood-and-hitler","status":"publish","type":"films","link":"https:\/\/www.wichitafilms.com\/en\/films\/hollywood-and-hitler\/","title":{"rendered":"Hollywood and Hitler"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-top\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top\" style=\"flex-basis:66%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Hollywood sous la croix gamm\u00e9e - Trailer Histoire TV\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1188571390?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As Nazism took hold in Germany as early as 1933, Hollywood adopted an ambiguous stance. For diplomatic and economic reasons, studios altered scripts, cut sensitive scenes, and at times even consulted representatives of the Reich to preserve access to the German market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Drawing on previously unseen archives and self-censored films, the documentary reveals an industry caught between ideals and compromise. At the heart of the story is Leon Lewis, a Jewish American lawyer who organized an undercover network to monitor Nazi activity in Los Angeles and warn Hollywood and Washington\u2014often in vain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Supported by historians\u2019 analyses, the film raises pressing questions: what were people allowed to say? What did they choose to keep silent? And at what cost?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top\" style=\"flex-basis:34%\">\n<p>Directors &amp; Writers : <b>Clara Kuperberg &amp; Julia Kuperberg<\/b><br>Production : <b>Wichita Films<\/b><br>Producers : <b>Clara Kuperberg &amp; Julia Kuperberg<\/b><br>In association with : <strong>Kali Pictures<\/strong><br>Co producer : <strong>Martine Melloul<\/strong><br>Network : <strong>Histoire TV<\/strong><br>Year : <strong>202<\/strong>6<br>Distribution : <strong>ARTE Distribution<\/strong><br>Running Time : <strong>54 minutes<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator grey\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3>Casting<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><b>Steven J. Ross<\/b><br>Historian and author of <em>Hitler in Los Angeles<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><meta charset=\"utf-8\"><b>Thomas Doherty<\/b><br>Author of <em>Hollywood and Hitler 1933-1939<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><b>Tony Maietta<\/b><br>Film Historian <\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator grey\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As Nazism took hold in Germany as early as 1933, Hollywood adopted an ambiguous stance. 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