Shadows in Paradise: Hitler's Exiles in Hollywood

Starring: James Conlon, Arnold Schoenberg, Hans Eisler, et al.

SHADOWS IN PARADISE-HITLERS EXILES IN HOLLYWOOD (DVD)

• Format: DVD
• UPC: 032031441194
• Release Date: September 2008
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Publisher: WHITE STAR
• Director: Peter Rosen
• Starring: James Conlon, Arnold Schoenberg, Hans Eisler, Wolfgang Korngold, Bertolt Brecht, Thomas Mann
• Runtime: 1 hour
• Number of Disks: 1
• Other Video Info: multiple_formats
• Weight: 0.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 5.4" x 7.5" x 0.7"

Customer Reviews

“People find their way to one another.”

I have several books about German and related immigrants who migrated to Southern California around the time of the end of the Weimar Republic. I also have quite a few books and movies that they made before the migration. I was surprised to find this 2008 documentary. And even more surprised to see/hear the quality of the commentary. The only drawback is that the DVD I watched does not have subtitles. This is a listing of the most popular writers, composers, and other immigrants who settled in the Hollywood area. Many of them thrived; Others withered. We get some interesting background music, mostly composed of the era in the documentary. There are excerpts from diaries and letters; we even get home movies. Some plates show the statistics of each person. I thought I knew most of them from other sources, but was surprised by a few, including Lion F-e-u-c-h-t-w-a-n-g-e-r. I can relate to him as a book collector who needed room for his library. I, too, am being squeezed out of my modest abode with a collection of 10,000+ books that I find hard to relinquish. You will want to watch it repeatedly because it moves quickly, and you will want to look up the many references. A good follow-up book: “The Muses Flee H-i-t-l-e-r: Cultural Transfer and Adaptation” by Jarrell C. Jackman and Carla M. Borden.