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Apocalypse: The Rise of Hitler

2011 · 1 season

A sober, unsettling history lesson built from restored footage, watching a democracy sleepwalk into catastrophe with a slow, inevitable dread.

Created by: Isabelle Clarke, Daniel Costelle
Genres: Documentary, War & politics
Starring: Mathieu Kassovitz, Adolf Hitler, Rudolf Hess

Overview: Adolf Hitler (1889-1945) was a mediocre who rose to power because of the blindness and ignorance of the Germans, who believed he was nothing more than an eccentric dreamer. But when the crisis of 1929 devastated the economy, the population, fearful of chaos and communism, voted for him. And no one defended democracy. As the dictatorship extended its relentless shadow, the leader claimed peace, but was preparing the Apocalypse.

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Created by: Isabelle Clarke, Daniel Costelle
Genres: Documentary, War & politics
Starring: Mathieu Kassovitz, Adolf Hitler, Rudolf Hess

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Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: power
politics
corruption
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morality
Places: big city
countryside
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: documentary
true story
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Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
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Genres: documentary, war & politics
Created by: Isabelle Clarke, Daniel Costelle
Written by: Daniel Costelle, Isabelle Clarke
Starring: Mathieu Kassovitz, Adolf Hitler, Rudolf Hess, Hermann Göring, Joseph Goebbels, Paul von Hindenburg, Eva Braun, Benito Mussolini
Music: Kenji Kawai
Length: 1 seasons, 2 episodes, 55 min each
Network: France 2
Country: Belgium, Canada, France, Sweden
Languages: German, French

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