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"Hitler...The Rise of Evil"
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05-15-2007, 12:15 PM
I saw a copy on Amazon the other day for $30 and went ahead and picked it up. Apparently this was in fact shown on TV in the United States in May of 2003 despite protests...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitler:_The_Rise_of_Evil
I can't wait to see what the fuss was about! 
05-15-2007, 02:08 PM
I'm glad you were able to find a copy. I was actually a bit worried about not being able to replace mine if it got lost or damaged.
05-15-2007, 03:11 PM
For those interested I've found some places where you can get this DVD:
The UK http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B...4172797-1283944
The States http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B00...2053987-0308852
The UK http://www.play.com/DVD/DVD/4-/131503/Hitl...il/Product.html
EBAY
Marion J Chard
Proud Daughter of Walter (Monday) Poniedzialek 540th Engineer Combat Regiment, 2833rd Bn, H&S Co, 4th Platoon There's "No Bridge Too Far"
05-30-2007, 01:06 AM
OK...I got it and I watched it but I wasn't too impressed with the overall production. The actors did well and all but I guess it's just impossible to put 30 years of life in a three hour movie. I've read the Hitler books by Toland, Shirer, and Payne and I found this movie lacking. The storylines seemed rushed and incomplete. Hitler was portrayed as history expects him to be portrayed minus any element of humanism. This was a good show but I give it little creedence on a realistic scale... Too much hollywood....
05-30-2007, 08:40 PM
I enjoyed watching it but understand that others might not. If you want to see a caricature of Hitler as far as movies is concerned, then see "The Fall of Berlin," a self-serving dramatic film made at Stalin's behest in 1945, or for that matter, any movie made in Russia that has Hitler's character in it! Here you will find a wide-eyed raving lunatic that constantly throws tantrums. Actually that was probably the general impression of him in the USA at the time also. The producers of "Downfall" were critisized in the media for making Hitler appear "too human"in the most recent film about him, but I thought Bruno Ganz(?) made the most believable Fuehrer yet!
Dogdaddy
06-23-2007, 08:26 AM
Hey Jim:
FINALLY watched it the other night and was glad that I took the time. Both of us enjoyed it and would recommend it to others. As Emerson stated, it didn't capture the COMPLETE history as Toland and others have wrote it, but it gives a great overall view of how this MONSTER was able to take control of the German parliament and the German people. Scary!
Even though I have watched literally hundreds of movies and documentaries, it still saddens me so much each time when I get to the end of the movie and realize that all this DID happen. Each time they gave into him, each time they gave him just a little, and when she takes the gun out of his hand after the altercation in the street, left me shouting at the tv, "Let him shoot himself and spare the world 50 million deaths!"
I believe this movie would give those who aren't familiar with his rise a good feel for how he came to power. It shows how damned gullible people are especially when they are down and out. It's very easy to appeal to the masses when they are depressed economically, etc. You can tell folks just about anything, make a few promises and appeal to their ANGER. Then you turn around and feed on their fear and BAM, you've got 'em. They can be total lies, but by this time it doesn't matter.
So many thought it couldn't happen; there are too many who won't put up with it, too many who don't agree with this nut, he'll just fade away...
It can happen again if we sit back and do NOTHING! There's always someone out there ready to do the devil's bidding.
Marion J Chard
Proud Daughter of Walter (Monday) Poniedzialek 540th Engineer Combat Regiment, 2833rd Bn, H&S Co, 4th Platoon There's "No Bridge Too Far" |
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As for the fuss, I can't see why there was any at all, unless it was being made by former Nazis who didn't like to see the truth about the man they so admired. As I said before, the actor who portrays Hitler really bears no resemblance, but really gives a convincing portrayal of a Sociopathic Misfit with some charisma!
And I loved how they used the famous quote at the beginning and end of the movie to remind us that by sitting back and doing nothing, we are just as guilty...
