Hollywood's Second World War (Hollywoods Zweiter Weltkrieg) 5 years old

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.

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Hollywood's Second World War Cast

Name	Character
Volker Schlöndorff He was 80, now 85 years old	as Himself
Catherine Wyler She was 80, now 85 years old	as Herself
George Stevens, Jr. He was 87, now 92 years old	as Himself

Hollywood's Second World War Crew

Name	Department