Films/DVD Asylum

Posted by jamesgarvin (A) on August 30, 2005 at 16:11:55

In Reply to: A very phony portrait of the man: I don't know if posted by tinear on August 29, 2005 at 17:56:05:

I do not think that the purpose of the film was necessarily to educate the viewer about Hitler, but rather to put us in the bunker with him during the last days. Much has been written about Hitler during his rise, and fall. But what transpired within the bunker has, in any real detail, been a mystery. Particularly because, as he became more paranoid about those around him, his circle of confidantes became smaller, and towards the end, there was no real recitation of events, until his secretary came forward.

I have seen a fair amount of films about Hitler, but I do not recall such a film with such an authoritative and believable point of view, about only HItler. They are mostly about his ideology, and how those beliefs affected his policies. Many are theoretical, some show glimpses. But I am not familiar with a film that shows him, only. Most show Hitler as being incidental, but the real films are about the exterminations, or the assassination attempts, or the snipers, or Normandy, or the French invasion, or how the Brits treated Hitler. But very few about the man. And almost none about what transpired within the bunker.