Storyline
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 The testimonies from diaries, letters, speeches and autobiographies are assembled with new, often unpublished archive material.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.
Cast & Crew
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)
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Hermann Pölking-Eiken's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Who was Hitler is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
