Backdrop image for movie Adolf Hitler - Ein Volk, ein Reich, ein Führer: Dokumente der Zeitgeschichte

Adolf Hitler - Ein Volk, ein Reich, ein Führer: Dokumente der Zeitgeschichte (1953)

The film begins with the First World War and ends in 1945. Without exception, recordings from this period were used, which came from weekly news reports from different countries. Previously unpublished scenes about the private life of Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun were also shown for the first time. The film was originally built into a frame story. The Off Commentary begins with the words: "This film [...] is a document of delusion that on the way to power tore an entire people and a whole world into disaster. This film portrays the suffering of a generation that only ended five to twelve. " The film premiered in Cologne on November 20, 1953, but was immediately banned by Federal Interior Minister Gerhard Schröder in agreement with the interior ministers of the federal states of the Federal Republic of Germany.

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  • War

Top billed cast

  • Photo of Carola HöhnCarola HöhnSelf
  • Photo of Fritz LafontaineFritz LafontaineSelf
  • Photo of Georgi ZhukovGeorgi ZhukovSelf
  • Photo of Reinhard HeydrichReinhard HeydrichSelf (archive footage)
  • Photo of Joseph GoebbelsJoseph GoebbelsSelf (archive footage)
  • Photo of Adolf HitlerAdolf HitlerSelf (archive footage)
  • Photo of Heinrich HimmlerHeinrich HimmlerSelf (archive footage)
  • Photo of Martin BormannMartin BormannSelf (archive footage)
  • Photo of Rudolf HessRudolf HessSelf (archive footage)
  • Photo of Eva BraunEva BraunSelf (archive footage)

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