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Dawn of the Nazis

2017 · 44 min

A sobering, immersive history lesson built from restored footage, conveying the creeping dread of a society sliding into extremism.

Tagline: A German man won't be a man of books but a man of will
Overview: How Germany was when its people entered the nightmare of World War II? Despair and fear lead a hungry population to follow the chilling call of just one man to world domination. A real-life horror story, an ominous tale of violence and deception, which takes place from 1919 to 1934. (Entirely made up of restored, colorized archival footage.)

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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
bleakstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: power
corruption
fate
violence
politics
Places: big city
countryside
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: documentary
true story
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

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Tension	6
Darkness	8
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: documentary, history, tv movie
Directed by: Isabelle Clarke
Written by: Daniel Costelle
Starring: Salvatore Vecchio, Adolf Hitler, Albert Einstein, Ernst Röhm, Heinrich Himmler, Hermann Göring, Joseph Goebbels, Paul von Hindenburg
Music: Kenji Kawai
Runtime: 44 min
Country: Canada, France, Sweden, United States of America
Languages: English, German

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