Hitler: A Film from Germany
Miniseries
Created by: Hans-Jürgen Syberberg
Network: ZDF, Rai 3
Season aired: 1977-11-05
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.
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Episodes · 4
The Grail: From the Cosmic Ash-Tree to the Goethe Oak of Buchenwald
A look at Hitler's cult of personality in Nazi propaganda.
A German Dream ... Until the End of the World
Focuses on how Nazi propaganda associated with pre-Nazi German cultural, spiritual, and national heritage.
The End of a Winter's Tale and the Final Victory of Progress
Recounts 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.
We Children of Hell Recall the Age of the Grail
André 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.
