Southampton Arts Center

Sun, 12/8, 2:00pm, 90 min
DIRECTOR: Jascha Hannover

PRODUCER: André Schäfer
EDITOR: Fritz Busse
CINEMATOGRAPHER: Andy Lehmann

 Hollywood’s Second World War tells the story of four Hollywood directors of European origin, who returned to the “Old World” during World War II to make propaganda documentaries for the U.S. 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. The four men, three of whom came from Jewish families, risked their lives at times for their new homeland and returned to the U.S. with serious physical and psychological injuries. Their films are unique, long-forgotten documentaries dealing with the front line in Italy and the bombardment of Germany through to the liberation of Dachau. 

 Jascha Hannover studied filmmaking and philosophy at Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz. During college he created six short movies while working as a film critic. He directed and wrote Never Be Boring: Billy Wilderand  was Co-Director with Andre Schafer of The Great Literary Tour: John Steinbeck’s USA.