The horrors of human nature

Rating: Null/10 (11 April 2001)

A powerful movie version of a TV and stage play, the film reveals the horrors not only of war and genocide, but the culprit at the root of such terrible things -- human nature.
The story includes many perspectives on what happened in Nazi Germany and shows us that it wasn't just Hitler, it wasn't just Germany -- it was human nature that created such monstrous things. If we don't monitor our own personalities, that most ancient of evils can re-create what happened to Germany: namely, hubris, human ego, pride. We see the same drama played out here that is shown to us in the stories of the Bible, in Greek myth, and throughout the tragedies of Shakespeare. When we forget what it means to be human and when we negate the value of one human life, we set in motion the same terrifying sequence that happened in Germany.
An excellent cast gives us powerful performances in a film that should be a lesson to everyone about what the worst elements of human nature can create.