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Summary:
The Nazi propaganda mastermind behind Hitler speaks in first person as actor Kenneth Branagh reads pages of the diary kept by the chief of propaganda, Joseph Goebbels, revealing the man's most inner thoughts. Joseph Goebbels (1897-1945) was a symbol of Germany's Nazi regime and a twentieth-century icon of maniacal cruelty. His name has been synonymous with cynical, unscrupulous, and at times successful, propaganda. The life of Joseph Goebbels is far more complicated and disturbing than labels like "genius of spin" or "Reich Liar-General" would suggest. The chronicle shows how Goebbels continually "restaged" and reinvented himself -- from his early days as a radical "popular socialist" to his tragic end. The film lets Goebbels speak for himself through the diaries he kept without interruption from 1924 to 1945, as never before seen historical footage from German archives traces the life of the second most powerful man of the Third Reich, detailing his initial attraction to the Nazi party and his adoration of Hitler. The result is a fascinating psycho-gram of a man who careened extravagantly between self-pity, wild extermination fantasies, and political excesses.
| Runtime: | 108 min |
|---|---|
| Genres: | Biography, History, War, Documentary |
| Countries: | Germany, UK |
| Languages: | English, German |
| Home Release Date: | May 23, 2006 |
| Director | Credit |
|---|---|
| Lutz Hachmeister | Director |
| Writer | Credit |
|---|---|
| Lutz Hachmeister | Writer |
| Michael Kloft | Writer |
| Cast | Credit |
|---|---|
| Adolf Hitler | Himself |
| Alfred Hugenberg | Himself |
| Engelbert Dollfuss | Himself |
| Heinrich Brüning | Himself |
| Heinrich Himmler | Himself |
| Hermann Göring | Himself |
| Joe Louis | Himself |
| Josef Goebbels | Himself |
| Kenneth Branagh | Narrator |
| Magda Goebbels | Herself |
| Rudolf Hess | Himself |
| Udo Samel | Narrator |
| Veit Harlan | Himself |
| Wilhelm Frick | Himself |
| Winston Churchill | Himself |
| Producer | Credit |
|---|---|
| Lutz Hachmeister | Producer |
| Mark Samels | Executive Producer |
| Nick Fraser | Executive Producer |
| Sharon Grimberg | Series Producer |
| Thorsten Pollfuss | Executive Producer |
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