A must-watch

Rating: 10/10 (25 March 2012)

Bruno Ganz does an eerily convincing job of playing Hitler, during his last days, as visually narrated through the eyes of Traudl Junge. The pacing may be a little slow for some, although I felt it added to the palpable tension in the bunker. What I loved most about it is the gradual breakdown of several levels of human behavior. Their walls of confidence are shattered, their cocoons of denial slowly but surely pried open, their last glimmers of hope extinguished before their very eyes.
Anyone who wants to truly understand what Hitler was like should include this as part of their research material. It doesn't put as much spotlight on him personally as one might be led to believe, but what you do learn of him will change the way you think of him.