The Nazi regime ruled Germany between 1933 and 1945 .
Film in Nazi Germany== : See also National socialist film policy and List of films made in Nazi Germany ( 1933-1945 ) The uncertain economic and political situation in Weimar Germany had already led to a number of film-makers and performers leaving the country , primarily for the United States ; Ernst Lubitsch moved to Hollywood as early as 1923 , the Hungarian-born Michael Curtiz in 1926 .