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A component of the production that disappoints, however, irregularly displays Hitler's citations between segments, accompanied by disharmonic music. The point is here perhaps too heavy-handed, even trite, in an age today when so many are desensitized through overexposure to Nazi rhetoric. The intent of these citations thus falls flat. Another unfortunate though common misjudgment in this English-language edition of the A&E production is the failure to translate Nazi concepts, imbuing them with a mystical feel that is totally absent in a German-language context. To an English-speaker's ears, such terms as Führer, Lebensraum, and Einsatztruppen seem abstract, even magical. It would be helpful if producers of Nazi-era histories could show how concrete, how base, such terms really are: Führer means simply "leader"; Lebensraum, "room to live"; Einsatztruppen, "commandos." Nazism is not a high-brow ideology, and there is no need to enhance National Socialism by inadvertently mystifying it this way.
These shortcomings do not dominate, however, and ZDF and A&E's huge effort at integrating oral history with film footage is praiseworthy. Enhanced with rare color footage and compelling interviews of those closest to Hitler, this biography is truly something unusual among hundreds of otherwise similar Hitler biographies. An informed recommendation for any history or psychology buff. --Erik J. Macki
| CATEGORY: | Video |
| DIRECTOR: | Ivan Fíla, Nina Steinhauser, Harald Schott |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 1997 |
| MANUFACTURER: | A&E Home Video |
| MPAA RATING: | NR (Not Rated) |
| FEATURES: | Box set, Black & White, Color, NTSC |
| TYPE: | Documentary, Gift Set, Movie, TV Shows, War Documentaries |
| MEDIA: | VHS Tape |
| # OF MEDIA: | 6 |
| UPC: | 733961401059 |
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Hitler (sort of...) The best thing about this series is having the majority of all the best Hitler film footage in one collection. But its not exactly a completely neutral re-telling of the story, so beware. Using a combination of many interviews with elderly Germans who say - in effect with 20/20 hindsight - "we knew he was evil, we just couldn't put our finger on it at the time" - and the technique of slowing Hitler's own recordings down to half speed to make him sound like Satan himself. This is really a piece of propaganda no less than anything Goebbels ever produced.
Definitely not worth it, what a disappointment
Entirely apart from incorrect facts and dates, this documentary has very poor picture quality and is obviously extremely biased. Whenever Hitler speaks, they put it into slow motion so he sounds like a monster. Do we really need this kind of propaganda? All the quotes are taken out of the context for which they were intended. Much seems to be lost in the translation as well, especially in quotes. Any serious WWII fanactic will hate this box set.
Uneven and poorly paced
Though there are some elements of this documentary that are stellar, ultimately it falls flat. The tinny and irritating music which accompanies various Hitler quotes (some of them translated incorrectly) begins to jar on the nerves after episode one. The interviews with various Hitler intimates are interesting, though none of them say anything new.
The highlight of the entire five hours is great film discovered of Hitler in 1914, standing on the Odeonsplatz in Munich. There is also new film of Hitler marching with the Freicorps in 1919 and some rare footage of him again in Garmisch in 1920. At least the same old dreary stock footage of Hitler is supplemented with some interesting, new footage.
A note on the film and sound quality in this package: it's substandard. When I've seen the series on the History Channel, the quality is superior to this VHS version.
This is probably still the best attempt made to document Hitler's life and times, but there is still ample room for improvement in the future.