Review

by Sam S

Post-war Nazi documentary

Given that this television documentary was produced in 1958, a mere 13 years after the end of the war, it is striking in the way it portrays the notorious Nazi leader, not simply as a egomaniac or dictatorial monster, but as a believable human figure. Only more recently, with films such as Downfall (Der Untergang), have film-makers attempted to really get to grips with Hitler as a human, but this early example offers an exception to the majority of films covering the same subject. The film includeds archive Nazi video footage and also home movies made by Eva Braun, alongside interviews with various key figures.