Hitler: A Film from Germany

Hitler: A Film from Germany

1977 · Drama, War & Politics · 1 Season · 4 Episodes · 10.0

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.

Episodes

E11. The Grail: From the Cosmic Ash-Tree to the Goethe Oak of Buchenwald91m · 1977-11-05A look at Hitler's cult of personality in Nazi propaganda.E22. A German Dream ... Until the End of the World126m · 1977-11-12Focuses on how Nazi propaganda associated with pre-Nazi German cultural, spiritual, and national heritage.E33. The End of a Winter's Tale and the Final Victory of Progress93m · 1977-11-19Recounts the Holocaust and the ideology behind it, particularly from Himmler's point of view. A ventriloquist dummy of Hitler monologues about his legacy and its lasting effect on society.E44. We Children of Hell Recall the Age of the Grail100m · 1977-11-26André Heller reads unfilmed script segments, climaxing in Heller discussing with a Hitler puppet on how he completely destroyed Germany spiritually, combined with a satire on former Nazis who, after the war, profited from the era by running a Nazi tourism and entertainment industry for foreigners.

Cast

Hans-Jürgen Syberberg

Hans-Jürgen Syberberg

Narrator (voice)

Adolf Hitler / Heinrich Himmler

Joseph Goebbels

Self / Junger Ellerkamp