5 Movies Starring Adolf Hitler

Triumph of the Will

Triumph of the Will

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1935-03-28

Languages:

German

Countries:

Germany

Runtime:

110 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.5 (9800 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Leni Riefenstahl

Walter Ruttmann

Eberhard Taubert

Fullplot:

A legendary propaganda/documentary of the Third Reich's 1934 Nuremberg Party Rally. Featuring a cast of thousands as well as, of course, Hitler, Himmler, Goebbels, Hess, Goering and other top party officials.

Desert Victory

Desert Victory

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1943-04-13

Languages:

English, German

Countries:

UK

Runtime:

62 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.8 (150 Reviews)

Fullplot:

This documentary recounts the famous World War II battle of El Alamein, considered one of the key turning points in the war against the Nazis. The film uses actual footage taken during the battle, including film captured from the Nazis, to explain the battle tactics and their execution. It also pays tribute to the men and women on the home front who, in their work in the factories and in their lives in general, made victory possible.

Night and Fog

Night and Fog

Basic Info:

Languages:

French

Countries:

France

Runtime:

32 min

Rated:

NOT RATED

IMDB Ratings:

8.6 (11555 Reviews)

Director:

Alain Resnais

Fullplot:

One of the most vivid depictions of the horrors of Nazi Concentration Camps. Filmed in 1955 at several concentration camps in Poland, the film combines new color and black and white footage with black and white newsreels, footage shot by the victorious allies, and stills, to tell the story not only of the camps, but to portray the horror of man's brutal inhumanity.

Plastic Jesus

Plastic Jesus

Basic Info:

Languages:

Serbo-Croatian

Countries:

Yugoslavia

Runtime:

73 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.9 (106 Reviews)

Genres:

Drama

Fullplot:

Tom is a young guy from Zagreb, completely without money, trying to make films in Belgrade. He somehow manages to survive with a help of women. He doesn't believe in anybody, respects no one and is in constant conflict with the ruling system and order. After being left by a silly American girl, Tom binds with a woman whose husband is abroad. When she kicks him out, he moves in with her husband's sister, who later kills him in the attack of jealousy. All this is shown in the context of major historical events prior to 1968. with lots of archive footages of world leaders.

Third Reich: The Rise & Fall

Third Reich: The Rise & Fall

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2010-12-14

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

180 min

IMDB Ratings:

8.5 (482 Reviews)

Genres:

Documentary

Fullplot:

THIRD REICH: THE RISE & FALL tells the story of Hitler's Germany through rarely seen films of the people who were there. Immersive and evocative, it takes viewers inside the Germany of the 20s, 30s, and early 40s, through the use of rare and never-before-seen home movies, Nazi propaganda films and other contemporaneous material. The narrative consists of personal recollections culled from German's diaries, journals and letters. The end result is an intimate, richly nuanced and authentic portrait of the Third Reich and its people.

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