Hitler: A Film from Germany (1978)

Name: Hitler: A Film from Germany
Director: Hans-Jürgen Syberberg
Genre: Drama, History, War
Released: 1978
Duration: 7 h 22 min
Rating: 7.2
Cast: Alfred Edel, Amelie Syberberg, André Heller, Harry Baer, Heinz Schubert

Original Title: Hitler - Ein Film aus Deutschland

Drama History War

7.2 (27 votes)

7h 22m

Overview

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.

Details

Director: Hans-Jürgen Syberberg
Writer: Hans-Jürgen Syberberg
Original Language: German
Budget: $1,500,000

Cast

Alfred Edel Amelie Syberberg André Heller Harry Baer Heinz Schubert Hellmut Lange Johannes Buzalski Martin Sperr Peter Kern Peter Lühr Peter Moland Rainer von Artenfels

Keywords

1930s 1940s adolf hitler biographical drama cult of personality good versus evil heinrich himmler historical drama nazi nazi propaganda non-narrative nonlinear narrative nsdap (nazi party) puppet puppetry