A cinematic master-film on the last 10 days of the Master Race

Rating: 10/10 (18 January 2007)

It matters not what anyones political views or what there feeling are to Nazi Germany & especially the last 10 days of what happened in the Bunker.
This is a MUST film for dedicated film goers, as finally we see this from the German viewpoint. This current year we also have a film seen from the Japanese perspective, LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA.
The acting, direction, cinematography, settings etc, is meticulous in detail. Bruno Ganz(perhaps Germany's finest actor) is Adolf Hitler-- not so much in appearance, but in mood & performance, he perfectly captures what what we know about Hitler. All the actors are playing real people, there are no fictional character, & they are all exceedingly realistic.
I sat at the edge of my comfortable rocker & was mesmerized by what was gong on, More than once I cringed at certain dialogue,The actress who portrays Frau Goebbels gives her reading of certain lines about her belief in NATIONAL SOCIALIZM in an ice cold monotone that sent a chili thru me,
This version is only 156 very fast minutes, They are supposedly going to release a full 3 hour version, When they do I surely will purchase it.
Included in the DVD I saw, there is a 1 hour documentary on the making of the film, & they do include a few scenes not on the DVD>.
This documentary Is in-itself superb.
The long running time went very fast, as the director & editor did there job perfectly.
There may be one or two minor problems BUT this is a perfect a film as can possibly be. MUST FOR FILM DEVOTESS
RATING **** (4 OUT OF 4) 99 points (out of 100) IMDb 10 (out of 10)
NOTE:I hardly ever have given a film 100 points