Hitler: The Rise of Evil (2003) ( Hitler: La naissance du mal )

Hitler: The Rise of Evil (2003) (Blu-Ray) (*)

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Alternate Title: Hitler: La naissance du mal
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Emmy Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Italian ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Italian ( DTS 5.1 )
Italian ( DTS-HD Master Audio )
Italian ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Italy ( Blu-Ray/Region B )

Running Time:
184 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2003 and produced in:
Canada ( USA, Canada )
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Christian Duguay

Written By:
John Pielmeier
G. Ross Parker

Actors:
Robert Carlyle ..... Adolf Hitler
Stockard Channing ..... Klara Hitler
Jena Malone ..... Geli Raubal
Julianna Margulies ..... Helene Hanfstaengl
Matthew Modine ..... Fritz Gerlich
Liev Schreiber ..... Ernst Hanfstaengl
Peter Stormare ..... Ernst Röhm
Friedrich von Thun ..... General Erich Ludendorff
Peter O'Toole ..... President Paul von Hindenburg
Zoe Telford ..... Eva Braun
Terence Harvey ..... Gustav von Kahr
Justin Salinger ..... Dr. Joseph Goebbels
Chris Larkin ..... Hermann Göring
James Babson ..... Rudolf Hess
Patricia Netzer ..... Sophie Gerlich
Harvey Friedman ..... Friedrich Hollaender
Nicole Marischka ..... Blandine Ebinger
Julie-Ann Hassett ..... Angela Raubal
Thomas Brodie-Sangster ..... Adolf Hitler (10 yrs) (as Thomas Sangster)
Simon Sullivan ..... Adolf Hitler (17 yrs)
Robert Glenister ..... Anton Drexler
Ian Hogg ..... Alois Hitler
Filip Hess ..... Egon Hanfstaengl
Brendan Hughes ..... Lieutenant Guffman
Howie Lotker ..... Hans (soldier)
Robert Russell ..... Franz von Papen
David Fisher ..... Georg Bell
Hana Frejková ..... Frieda
Wolfgang Müller ..... Gregor Strasser
Christopher Ettridge ..... General Kurt von Schleicher
David Calder ..... Dosch
Marek Vasut ..... Max Amann
Bruce Byron ..... Mueller
George Pensotti ..... Judge Neithardt
Joel Kirby ..... Prosecutor Stenglein
Julian Wadham ..... Captain Mayr
Richard Haas ..... Karl Lueger
Richard Katz ..... Dr. Eduard Bloch
Laurence Kennedy ..... Military Doctor
Simon Chandler ..... School Teacher
Ned Vukovic ..... DAP Speaker
David O'Kelly ..... Art Teacher (as David O'Kelley)
Gavin Stewart ..... Munich Police Officer
Rod Grover ..... Heinrich Hoffmann
Richard Rowlands ..... Art Rector
John Comer ..... Lueger Pamphleteer
Terence Longdon ..... Baron #1
Christopher Bowen ..... Baron #2
Liliana Komorowska ..... Baroness
Todd Kramer ..... Hitler's Landsberg Prison Guard
Max von Thun ..... Munich Reporter #2
Jirí Zeman ..... Emil Maurice
Jirí Novotny ..... Von Lossow (as Jiri Dalet Novotny)
Mikulás Kren ..... Julius Uhl (as Miki Kren)
Robert Orr ..... Speaker (war rally)
Jan Petrina ..... Soldier #1 (trenches)
Jan Vosmik ..... Dispatch Runner
Mike McGuffie ..... Wounded Soldier #1
Ryan James ..... Wounded Soldier
Jirí Knot ..... Custom Officer
Dagmar Bláhová ..... Frau Schmidt (as Dasha Blahova)
Jan Kuzelka ..... Man (Beer Hall)
Jeff Smith ..... Red #1
Adam Bradley ..... Red #2
Joel Sugerman ..... Von Kahr Functionary
Jan Budar ..... Schmidt
Vladimir Kulhavy ..... Prisoner (Dachau)
Tomas Zastera ..... Wolf (SA)
Roger Denesha ..... Courtroom Reporter
Jan Unger ..... Vienna Vagrant
Avi Muyderman ..... Men's Hostel Employee
Tim Otis ..... Reichstag Reporter #1
Nancy Bishop ..... Reichstag Reporter #2
Brian Caspe ..... Red Protestor
Vitezslav Bouchner ..... von Seisser
Curtis Matthew ..... Munich Reporter #1
Erik Johanson ..... Newsboy
Jirí Maria Sieber ..... Ulrich Graf (as Jiri Sieber)

Synopsis:

Hitler: The Rise of Evil is a Canadian TV miniseries in two parts, directed by Christian Duguay and produced by Alliance Atlantis. It explores Adolf Hitler's rise and his early consolidation of power during the years after World War I and focuses on how the embittered, politically fragmented and economically buffeted state of German society following the war made that ascent possible. The film also focuses on Ernst Hanfstaengl's influence on Hitler's rise to power. The film's subplot follows the struggles of Fritz Gerlich, a German journalist who opposes the rising National Socialist German Workers Party. He is portrayed as to fulfill the essence of the quotation disputably attributed to Edmund Burke, which is displayed at the beginning and at the end of the film: 'The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.'

British actor Robert Carlyle stars as the 20th century's most infamous dictator in this two-part TV biopic. The film covers the life of Adolf Hitler from his childhood to his emergence as absolute ruler of Germany in 1934. Most of the ground covered should be familiar to history buffs: Hitler's failed efforts to become a great artist, his frustration at watching his adopted country fall apart at the seams during World War I, his resolve to put Germany back on its feet by exploiting the nation's horrendous postwar economic woes and its ingrained anti-Semitism, his 1923 arrest, the publication of Hitler's virulent screed Mein Kampf, the growing popularity of National Socialism, and the fatal error made by senile German chancellor Von Hindbenburg (Peter O'Toole) to 'neutralize' Hitler by giving him a relatively unimportant political post in 1933. Also covered is Hitler's abortive romance with his half-niece Geli Raubal (Jena Malone) and his longer relationship with the estimable Eva Braun (Zoe Telford). Given the difficulties faced by actor Carlyle and the screenwriters to successfully convey pure, unadulterated evil, much of what we learn about Hitler is conveyed by the observations and reactions of other characters, notably crusading but ineffectual anti-Nazi journalist Fritz Gerlich (Matthew Modine), and especially German publisher Ernst Hanfstangl (Liev Schreiber) and his wife, Helene (Julianna Margulies). Originally a staunch supporter of Hitler, Hanfstangl eventually comes to realize the danger the man poses to the world ('He's not human. He simply studies others to become human.'); in contrast, Helene, who at the outset is vaguely opposed to National Socialism, is ultimately seduced and swept up by the movement. Not surprisingly, this film stirred up a great deal of controversy even before it aired; some Jewish leaders and prominent Holocaust survivors worried that Hitler might come off as being sympathetic (a concern that may have dictated altering the film's title, which was to have been Hitler: The Early Years).

The movie describes the life of Adolf Hitler from childhood to manhood, and how he became so powerful. It describes his poor childhood in Austria, it describes the first world war from his point of view, and how he became the strongest man in Germany. The movie show us how Hitler turned from a poor soldier into the leader of the Nazis, and how he survived the attempts to kill him. It describes his relationship with his mistress Eva Braun, and his decisions and enemies inside Germany and inside the Nazi party.

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 01 July, 2021.