The Lunatic and HIs Partners

Rating: 10/10 (16 February 2010)

I assume that this is a relatively accurate account of the events in the bunker as the Russians occupied Berlin and Hitler met his demise. This is an incredible film. It first shows us the events that are war, not just the soldiers, but the civilian casualties. Also the forces of mindless dedication to a cause and "honor." As we watch the unstable Fuhrer and those surrounding him, pledged to destroy the world and take no prisoners (the cause is all; it is not for the weak), it's hard to feel sympathy, yet the collateral damage done by their decisions, wives and innocent children, for example, take this out of the realm of sanity. I know that the Russians committed atrocities too, as did the "civilized people in the war, but the blindness of the principles to what end, that of an unbalanced creature with virtually no redeeming qualities, is hard to take. And then, of course, most of them took the cowardly way out when their hopes are dashed. Yet we still fight wars and do these things to each other. This is a striking film and everyone should have an opportunity to see it.