(1977) English title: Hitler : a film from Germany
Hitler : ein Film aus Deutschland
Description
Description
In this seven-hour film, Syberberg explores the factors in the German psyche which sought for and then deified a man like Hitler. Using absolutely no archival footage from the Nazi era, this highly symbolic and poetic film explores German culture and history. At times, Hitler is depicted as a toga-clad spirit, quoting Richard Wagner, and at times he appears in other guises — all of them critical to understanding his role in the German mind, and hence to understanding the phenomena which caused the German people to support him.
