
Using exclusively archival footage, Erwin Leiser traces the rise and collapse of the Third Reich, from Adolf Hitler’s early years to the devastation of Europe and his suicide in 1945. The film draws heavily on material produced and preserved by the Nazi propaganda apparatus to confront the mechanisms, imagery, and consequences of totalitarian power.

Adolf Hitler
Self (archive footage)
Heinrich Brüning
Self (archive footage)
Friedrich Ebert
Self (archive footage)
Franz Pfeffer von Salomon
Self (archive footage)
Walther Rathenau
Self (archive footage)
Franz von Epp
Self (archive footage)
Marinus van der Lubbe
Self (archive footage)

Blood Money: Inside the Nazi Economy
Blood Money: Inside the Nazi Economy

Finding the Graf Zeppelin
Finding the Graf Zeppelin

Night and Fog
Night and Fog

Rainbow Warrior
Rainbow Warrior

Attack! The Battle for New Britain
Attack! The Battle for New Britain

Munich, or Peace in Our Time
Munich, or Peace in Our Time

Keeping the Promise: AHF 30 Years Documentary
Keeping the Promise: AHF 30 Years Documentary

The Living
The Living

The Imperial Lullaby
The Imperial Lullaby

Les raisins du Reich
Les raisins du Reich

The Other 300: Army of Lovers
The Other 300: Army of Lovers

Thorin, le dernier Néandertalien
Thorin, le dernier Néandertalien