As soon as Hitler came to power, the regime wanted to compete with American productions, to find the Dietrich of Nazi cinema. But he found himself faced with a haemorrhage of talent, artists going into exile to escape repression, or not to condone Nazism. This is what Isabelle Mity describes in The Actresses of the Third Reich – The Splendors and Miseries of Nazi Hollywood Icons, published by Éditions Perrin. Throughout the pages, a succession of often tragic destinies. Isabelle Mity, who teaches German language and civilization at Paris Dauphine University, talks with Sylvie Noël.