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30/04/2005 Documentary, History, War 1h 30m
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Overview

Documentary using only original colour footage charts the 12 years from Adolf Hitler's rise to power to the fall of Berlin in 1945. Complemented by eyewitness material, tracks the dramatic transformation of Germany into a Nazi state, looks into Hitler's relationship with his lover Eva Braun and replicates pivotal events, including Nazi rallies, the invasion of Poland, Hitler's meeting with Lloyd George, the horrors of Buchenwald concentration camp, Warsaw's Jewish Ghetto, the Battle of Britain and the fall of Berlin.

  1. David Batty

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Brian Cox

    Narrator

  2. Lutz Liebelt

    Adolf Hitler (voice)

  3. Adolf Hitler

    Self (archive footage)

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Reviews

A review by Peter McGinn
Written by Peter McGinn on 2022-12-29
Hitler is sort of making a comeback these days with the woke army fighting their unpopular and lonely war, so I thought I would give this a look.

I have been a student of history all my life, though with military history it has been more the American Civil War than the World Wars, but a lot of the details told here were very familiar to me. The original color footage was not mesmerizing despite it being the main focus here and the history was old news, so to speak, so I found the most interesting parts to be some of the quotes and excerpts from journals, letters and speeches. It presents a...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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