Watch a preview of CINEMA'S EXILES: FROM HITLER TO HOLLYWOOD. The film premieres on PBS stations in January 2009.

The exiles participate in the war effort, including entertaining troops on leave, selling war bonds and becoming air raid wardens.

Editor Rudi Fehr describes leaving Europe and arriving in New York in 1936.

Editor Rudi Fehr relates the story of his arrival in Hollywood, and his connections to established exiles from Hitler's Germany.

Editor Rudi Fehr talks about being recognized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for his work on Prizzi's Honor.

Billy Wilder is just one of the more than 800 exiles who journey to Hollywood and succeed in the studio system.

The Jewish emigre community maintains cohesion and shares information about what is going on in Europe during World War II.

Composer Erich Korngold and his family are forced to stay in the U.S. as Hitler tightens his grip on Europe's Jewish community.

Renowned director Fritz Lang struggles to find his place in the Hollywood studio system upon his arrival in Los Angeles.

UFA studios, a giant of Berlin's cinema before World War II, starts firing Jewish employees under pressure from the Nazi party.