a glimpse into the German soul.

Rating: 9/10 (4 June 2006)

There's not much to say about the film other than it is excellent from start to finish. I lived in Germany for 6 years and I it does not surprise me in the least that Hitler came to power to the degree that he did. This is not to say that modern Germany is full of fascist goose-stepping Nazis, but many modern Germans, even if they claim to be anti- Hitler/ fascist, still show a rather unsettling tendency to cherish the values that Hitler, the penultimate German, held so high. I speak here of the almost fanatical reverence for 'law and order', the territorialism that goes along with it, and the deep suspicion of all things foreign, all of which are well depicted in this film through the character of Hitler. Thus I think that this is a very educational film for most Germans because they have the opportunity to be reminded, lest they forget, of the devastating effects of xenophobia and intolerance.