

27 votes
1978
7h 22m
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.
Directed by Hans-Jürgen Syberberg

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-MannRainer von Artenfels
Jahrmarkt-Ausrufer / Hitler-Puppenspieler / Junger Goebbels / Schüler des Kosmologen / SS-MannPeter Moland
Astrologe / Speer-Puppenspieler / SS-Mann
Johannes Buzalski
Hitler als Anstreicher / Eva Braun-Puppenspieler / Mann der Gesellschaft 1923Alfred Edel
Stimmen der Leute / Mann der Geschichte 1923
André Heller
Narrator / André HellerMartin Sperr
Himmlers MasseurPeter Lühr
Wissenschaftler / KosmologeAmelie Syberberg
Das kleine MädchenStatus
Released
Release date
June 7, 1978
Budget
$1.5M
Revenue
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Language
English, French, German, Russian