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Who was Hitler

Name: Who was Hitler
Genre: Documentary, History
Released: 2017-11-16
Cast: Adolf Hitler, Joseph Goebbels, Ernst Röhm, Jürgen Tarrach, Albert Speer

2017 | 191 min | Documentary, History

Monday Morning Maybeearly rating

Why it’s a Monday Morning Maybe

With a box office flop and almost no lasting buzz, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.

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Is it for you?

Who'll love it: Made for the curious and history buffs.
The mood: Eye-opening.
The pace: Unhurried and epic, at 3 hr 11 min.
What might put you off: It's long: 3 hr 11 min.
It's in German, so expect subtitles (or a dub).

Hitler's biography told like never before. Besides brief historical localizations by a narrator, only contemporaries and Hitler himself speak: no interviews, no reenactment, no illustrative graphics and no technical gadgets. The testimonies from diaries, letters, speeches and autobiographies are assembled with new, often unpublished archive material. Hitler's life and work are thus reflected in a unique way in interaction with the image of the society in the years 1889 to 1945.

How it earned its rating

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AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
Reach & staying powerWeak
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far
Buzz & cultural impactWeak
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Cast & crew

Directed by Hermann Pölking-Eiken

Adolf HitlerSelf (archive footage)
Joseph GoebbelsSelf (archive footage)
Ernst RöhmSelf (archive footage)
Jürgen TarrachSelf - Narrator
Albert SpeerSelf (archive footage)
Heinz RühmannSelf (archive footage)