Rent Hitler: The Rise of Evil (2003)
3.7 of 5 from 72 ratings
2h 57min
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- Synopsis:
- Neither Adolf Hitler nor the Germany of 1939 exploded onto the world stage fully formed. Both evolved. Both were running from the failures in their past. Both were looking for someone to blame. Together they entered into a macabre dance to find security and a stronger identity. Whipped into a frenzied fear inflamed by the "Hitler-roar" Germany happily surrendered its voice to one man. Adolf Hitler came to power aided by the silence of people who could have spoken out, but did not.
- Actors:
- Robert Carlyle, Stockard Channing, Jena Malone, Julianna Margulies, Matthew Modine, Liev Schreiber, Peter Stormare, Friedrich von Thun, Peter O'Toole, Zoe Telford, Terence Harvey, Justin Salinger, Chris Larkin, James Babson, Patricia Netzer, Harvey Friedman, Nicole Marischka, Julie-Ann Hassett, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Simon Sullivan
- Directors:
- Christian Duguay
- Writers:
- John Pielmeier, G. Ross Parker
- Studio:
- Momentum
- Genres:
- Drama
- Collections:
- Films & TV by topic, Memory Lane: Films Set in 1920s
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Reviews (1) of Hitler: The Rise of Evil
Overly Americanised Biopic of Hitler from Childhood to the End of the War - Hitler: The Rise of Evil review by PV
This is a fascinating 2 part TV drama, 3 hours in all, though a rather Americanised version of 1920s/30s German history.
Great focus is put on the American wife of businessman Ernst Hanfstaenghl, a close friend of Hitler from 1923 until he defected late 1930s, no doubt for a US TV audience. Their son, whose godfather was Adolf Hitler, only died in 2007. That was an angle unknown to me before this TV drama.
Thomas Sangster plays the child Adolf - he later played Paul McCartney in Nowhere Boy.
3.5 stars really and it seems to end rather suddenly too. Perhaps part one is more interesting.
Fascinating to watch together with classy TV documentaries such as Rise of the Nazis, or the ones showing just how sneakily they took power after 1929.
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