Hitler: A Film from Germany

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

Harry Baer Junger Ellerkamp

Heinz Schubert Zirkusdirektor / Heinrich Himmler / Himmler-Puppenspieler / Adolf Hitler

Peter Kern Mörder aus „M“ / Göring-Puppenspieler / Alter Ellerkamp / SS-Mann / Fremdenverkehrsdirektor

Hellmut Lange Hitlers Kammerdiener / Goebbels-Puppenspieler / SS-Mann

Rainer von Artenfels Jahrmarkt-Ausrufer / Hitler-Puppenspieler / Junger Goebbels / Schüler des Kosmologen / SS-Mann