

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 The testimonies from diaries, letters, speeches and autobiographies are assembled with new, often unpublished archive material.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.

Adolf Hitler
Self (archive footage)
Lead
Joseph Goebbels
Self (archive footage)

Ernst Röhm
Self (archive footage)

Jürgen Tarrach
Self - Narrator

Albert Speer
Self (archive footage)

Heinz Rühmann
Self (archive footage)
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Hermann Pölking-Eiken's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
“Every frame feels alive. Who was Hitler is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”