Carl Laemmle

He brought Dracula and Frankenstein to the big screen and saved hundreds of Jews from the real-life monster. This is the detailed life story of Carl Laemmle, an entrepreneurial German immigrant of Jewish ancestry, who created the famous Universal Studios. He was one of the first executives who did not hesitate to hire women as directors, cinematographers and screenwriters. During World War II he helped Jews escape Germany and found them jobs and in order to strengthen ideas of peaceful coexistence, he brought Remarque’s All Quiet on the Western Front to screen, angering Hitler.

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