Cinema, Art and War: Hitler versus Picasso and the others
1937. The Nazi machinery plans and executes its attack against an art they label as ‘degenerate’. The works by masters such as Picasso, Matisse, Chagall, Monet and others are expropriated for allegedly ‘prophylactic’ purposes.
Hitler contro Picasso e gli altri (Hitler versus Picasso and the others, Italy, France and Germany I 2018 I 94’ I Colour)
Director: Claudio Poli. Screenwriters: Sabina Fedeli, Arianna Marelli and Didi Gnocchi (story). Photography: Marco Alfieri and Mateusz Stolecki. Editor: Claudio Poli. Sound: Paolo Piccardo and Tommaso Zerbini. Music: Remo Anzovini. Art director: Michele Mally. Cast: Toni Servillo, Timothy Garton Ash, Jean-Marc Dreyfus, Edgar Feuchtwanger, Simon Goodman, Berthold Hin and Meike Hoffmann. Producer: Veronica Bottanelli.