Hitler et les apôtres du mal · 2015

Hitler and the Apostles of Evil

Fabien Vinçon · 95 min · France

This portrait that goes against the grain depicts the Führer as a lazy, isolated leader, cut off from reality, incapable of governing without his "apostles". They are Hitler's essential ministers, advisers, rivals, courtiers. They hate each other, and the Führer puts them in competition, often to get the worst out of them. The portraits of Hermann Goering, Heinrich Himmler, Joseph Goebbels, Albert Speer but also Rudolf Hoess, the commandant of the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp, and Doctor Joseph Mengele trace the rivalries, hatreds and predations that punctuate the entire frightening epic of Nazism. This documentary is composed of a selection of archive images and testimonies from descendants and specialists of this period.

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Production companies

C. Productions

Cast

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  Adolf Hitler

  Self (archive footage)

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  Joseph Goebbels

  Self (archive footage)

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  Heinrich Himmler

  Self (archive footage)

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  Hermann Göring

  Self (archive footage)

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  Albert Speer

  Self (archive footage)

• Josef Mengele

  Self (archive footage)