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Hitler: A Film from Germany (1978)

Hitler: A Film from Germany (1978)

Drama History War
Release Date: 1978, June 7
Directors: Hans-Jürgen Syberberg
Countries: Germany, France, United Kingdom
Production: BBC, BBC, WDR, WDR, INA, INA, TMS Film GmbH, TMS Film GmbH, SOLARIS Film GmbH & Co. Produktions KG, SOLARIS Film GmbH & Co. Produktions KG
Cast: Hellmut Lange, Harry Baer, André Heller, Peter Kern, Heinz Schubert, Alfred Edel, Peter Lühr, Peter Moland, Martin Sperr, Rainer von Artenfels, Johannes Buzalski, Amelie Syberberg

Overview:

A structure-free, four-part examination of the rise and fall of the Third Reich. Each part explores a different topic, from Hitler's cult of personality in propaganda to how said propaganda was associated with pre-Nazi German cultural, spiritual, and national heritage to the Holocaust and the ideology behind it, particularly from Himmler's point of view.

Keywords:

1940s 1930s good versus evil historical drama nsdap (nazi party) puppet nazi non-narrative nonlinear narrative biographical drama adolf hitler puppetry nazi propaganda cult of personality heinrich himmler