TWENTIETH CENTURY, THE: FROM KAISER TO FUEHRER (TV)
Summary
One in this documentary series hosted by Walter Cronkite, which examines outstanding events and personalities of the twentieth century. Highlights of this episode include a discussion of the following people and topics: Germany after World War I; the Weimar Republic, with Friedrich Ebert as first president; communists and Nazis aim to destroy the Republic; the 1920 Kapp Putsch; France and Belgium occupy the Ruhr in 1923; inflation and economic chaos in Germany; the rise of Adolf Hitler and Nazis; the Munich Beer Hall Putsch of November 8, 1923; Hitler writes "Mein Kampf"; Chancellor Gustav Stresemann stabilizes currency and ends inflation with aid of the Dawes Plan; Germans elect Paul von Hindenburg as president; Germany's peaceful progress -- the Graf Zeppelin, the ocean liner Europa; scenes of German life; expressionism and George Grosz, Kandinsky, Pechstein, and Kollwitz; the cultural rebirth of the Republic, including Thomas Mann, Albert Einstein, and Max Reinhardt; clips from the film "Metropolis"; Hitler and the communists wait for prosperity to end; the 1929 Depression and growing unemployment; the 1932 Presidential election -- Hindenburg vs. Hitler; Hitler mocks the Republic in a speech; Hindenburg wins re-election; on January 30, 1933, Hindenburg appoints Hitler chancellor, and Franz von Papen vice chancellor (the clip includes Hugenberg and Hermann Goerring); and a Nazi victory parade. Commercials deleted.
Details
- NETWORK: CBS
- DATE: April 5, 1959 6:30 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:24:47
- COLOR/B&W: B&W
- CATALOG ID: T78:0560
- GENRE: Public affairs/Documentaries
- SUBJECT HEADING: Germany - Economic conditions; Germany - History; Nazism; Weimar Republic
- SERIES RUN: CBS - TV series, 1957-1966
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Burton Benjamin … Producer
- Isaac Kleinerman … Associate Producer
- James Benjamin … Writer
- George Kleinsinger … Music by
- Alfredo Antonini … Conductor
- Walter Cronkite … Narrator
- Friedrich Ebert
- Albert Einstein
- Hermann Goering
- George Grosz
- Paul von Hindenburg
- Adolf Hitler
- Alfred Hugenberg
- Wassily Kandinsky
- Kathe Kollwitz
- Thomas Mann
- Franz von Papen
- Max Pechstein
- Max Reinhardt
- Gustav Stresemann