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  • 2014
  • Not Rated
  • Kino Lorber
  • 1 h 34 m
  • 2014
  • Not Rated
  • Kino Lorber
  • 1 h 34 m

Summary A recently discovered cache of hundreds of personal letters, diaries and photos belonging to Heinrich Himmler, the Nazi Gestapo chief, seems to reveal a thoughtful, loving husband and devoted father to his daughter. The documents first found in the Himmler family house in 1945 were hidden in Tel Aviv for decades and sold to the father of...

Directed By: Vanessa Lapa

Written By: Ori Weisbrod, Vanessa Lapa

  • 2014
  • Not Rated
  • Kino Lorber
  • 1 h 34 m
  • 2014
  • Not Rated
  • Kino Lorber
  • 1 h 34 m

The Decent One

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 11 Critic Reviews
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Summary A recently discovered cache of hundreds of personal letters, diaries and photos belonging to Heinrich Himmler, the Nazi Gestapo chief, seems to reveal a thoughtful, loving husband and devoted father to his daughter. The documents first found in the Himmler family house in 1945 were hidden in Tel Aviv for decades and sold to the father of...

Directed By: Vanessa Lapa

Written By: Ori Weisbrod, Vanessa Lapa

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 11 Critic Reviews
55
27% Positive
3 Reviews
55% Mixed
6 Reviews
18% Negative
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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 11 Critic Reviews
55
27% Positive
3 Reviews
55% Mixed
6 Reviews
18% Negative
2 Reviews

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83
Oct 3, 2014
Himmler in one of his letters says that “in life, one must be always decent, courageous and kind-hearted,” and “decent” is apparently how he saw himself right up to the time he swallowed a cyanide capsule after he was captured by the British.
By Peter Rainer FULL REVIEW
63
Dec 11, 2014
The fascination of the film is to see his anti-Semitic development and how matter-of-factly and self-righteously he carries out his monstrous race-cleansing.
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60
Oct 9, 2014
At its most effective, though, The Decent One reveals a psychological portrait of a man devoted to his family yet consumed by a soul-blackening and horrifically destructive cause.
By Robert Abele FULL REVIEW
60
Oct 1, 2014
Lapa’s story is in the disconnect between the words and the visuals, or the visuals and what we know to be true, or even the words from one moment to the next.
By Matthew Dessem FULL REVIEW
60
Sep 30, 2014
Apart from the devastating material itself, some of Lapa’s aesthetic choices are extremely off-putting.
By Keith Uhlich FULL REVIEW
50
Sep 30, 2014
It’s perhaps too focused on the Reichsfuhrer’s personal life... while the director’s decision to add sound effects to silent images sometimes feels uncalled for.
By Jordan Mintzer FULL REVIEW
30
Sep 30, 2014
Most of the documents that Lapa quotes from are, as presented, unrevealing — even offensive.
By Simon Abrams FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Felix Breisach Medienwerkstatt, Realworks
Release Date Oct 1, 2014
Duration 1 h 34 m
Rating Not Rated
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Awards

Jerusalem Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Awards of the Israeli Film Academy
• 1 Nomination
Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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