Overview
Synopsis
Using exclusively archival footage, Erwin Leiser traces the rise and collapse of the Third Reich, from Adolf Hitler’s early years to the devastation of Europe and his suicide in 1945. The film draws heavily on material produced and preserved by the Nazi propaganda apparatus to confront the mechanisms, imagery, and consequences of totalitarian power.
Genres
Documentary
Cast
Cast
Adolf Hitler
Self (archive footage)
Heinrich Brüning
Self (archive footage)
Friedrich Ebert
Self (archive footage)
Franz Pfeffer von Salomon
Self (archive footage)
Walther Rathenau
Self (archive footage)
Franz von Epp
Self (archive footage)
Marinus van der Lubbe
Self (archive footage)
