Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueThe rise and fall of Nazi Germany in part through the use of classical allegory.The rise and fall of Nazi Germany in part through the use of classical allegory.The rise and fall of Nazi Germany in part through the use of classical allegory.
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- Récompensé par 1 Oscar
- 1 victoire au total
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Marlene Dietrich
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Adolf Hitler
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Good try but the format does not work. Comparing Hitler to classical allegory is like comparing apples and oranges. The Hitler story does not need to be compared with anything because it is incomparable. Hitler's story speaks for itself. Comparing him or his career with fictional characters in superfluous, and does injustice the latter. No character in fiction can duplicate Adolf Hitler. Hitler's story is so unique that further metaphorical embellishments serve as mere distractions. And when depicting Hitler's entourage, comparisons with fiction become ludicrous. Hitler was an orator but one need not compare him to a bellow or a megaphone, though such comparisons could be amusing. Hitler as a black fox? No way. Hitler was Hitler; leave the fox alone.
I have to completely disagree with a couple of the reviews that I read regarding this documentary. As the History Channel and A&E do justice to many of Hitler's documentaries and more current information, we need to remember that this documentary was made in 1962 and not all the information was so readily at hand. I felt that though Marlene Dietrich was very eloquent and understandable as did my history teacher husband. This documentary didn't have all the "re-creations" of History Channel and many, many other well done docs, but for it's time it was finely executed. It used real footage, authentic photos and actual quotations. "Reynard" was used as to compare Hitler and his ego. If you ever read "Reynard" or studied the story Reynard the Fox was medieval Europe's trickster figure, a nasty but charismatic character who was always in trouble but always able to talk his way out of any retribution. I thought that this movie is a beautiful study of human tragedy as well as human condition. I could find no contradictions nor any reason to not study this movie as a piece of art and history. In 1962 this topic was still so fresh and unbelievable in peoples' minds that to see this from their perspective would have been shocking and unbelievable. I believe that this is raw and real and it speaks the truth. It does not romanticize nor glamorize what took place.
Louis Stoumen's Academy Award-winning "Black Fox: The True Story of Adolf Hitler" looks at the life of the man whose name is synonymous with evil. It consists of footage and photographs from the Fuhrer's birth to the Nuremberg trials. Probably the main things to take from it are that the reparations imposed on Germany undeniably created the conditions that led to Hitler's rise to power, and his crimes against humanity couldn't have happened without the complicity of individuals. The scene where US and Soviet troops meet in Germany calls to mind that two years later, the WWII-era superpowers became enemies. The war known as a good war gave way to an undeclared war that unleashed horrendous crimes by both sides.
Seeing Hitler's methods, it's hard not to see a parallel with the current crop of demagogues. A certain orange man is the obvious one, but Europe now has a new set of them (the UK's Nigel Farage, Hungary's Viktor Orban, and others). How long before another global war breaks out?
Marlene Dietrich narrates the documentary. She's an unusual choice to narrate, but the story remains the important part. The world had seen genocides before Hitler's actions and there have been genocides since. Can the human race ever stop doing this?
Seeing Hitler's methods, it's hard not to see a parallel with the current crop of demagogues. A certain orange man is the obvious one, but Europe now has a new set of them (the UK's Nigel Farage, Hungary's Viktor Orban, and others). How long before another global war breaks out?
Marlene Dietrich narrates the documentary. She's an unusual choice to narrate, but the story remains the important part. The world had seen genocides before Hitler's actions and there have been genocides since. Can the human race ever stop doing this?
In this age of A&E's Biography, and cable channels devoted to documentaries, sometimes it's eye-opening and entertaining to go back and watch one made "in the past" when theatrical showings were the only outlet.
Then again, sometimes it's not.
Black Fox actually seems older than it is- I'm surprised when I see that it was filmed in 1962, because it comes across as a heavy-handed propaganda piece concurrent with Hitler's reign.
It's almost embarrassing to watch, as the "documentary" actually has very little to say, and Marlene Dietrich gives her all to give it some kind of meaning. The film switches back and forth between Hitler's machinations and doings, and an odd, old folk-tale of a "black fox" and his dealings with his fellow animals. The folk-tale is illustrated with static woodcuts- you half expect a picture of Vlad Tepes somewhere along the way. It's as if the directors were either trying to put the whole WW2/Europe story into something acceptable for children, or were trying to emulate George Orwell's Animal Farm, and turn history into an anthropomorphic parable.
The film is very heavy-handed, and the parable just bogs the whole thing down. I admit I write this with a view of the modern documentary in mind... but Black Fox isn't entertaining, isn't educational, and was a waste of a purchase.
Then again, sometimes it's not.
Black Fox actually seems older than it is- I'm surprised when I see that it was filmed in 1962, because it comes across as a heavy-handed propaganda piece concurrent with Hitler's reign.
It's almost embarrassing to watch, as the "documentary" actually has very little to say, and Marlene Dietrich gives her all to give it some kind of meaning. The film switches back and forth between Hitler's machinations and doings, and an odd, old folk-tale of a "black fox" and his dealings with his fellow animals. The folk-tale is illustrated with static woodcuts- you half expect a picture of Vlad Tepes somewhere along the way. It's as if the directors were either trying to put the whole WW2/Europe story into something acceptable for children, or were trying to emulate George Orwell's Animal Farm, and turn history into an anthropomorphic parable.
The film is very heavy-handed, and the parable just bogs the whole thing down. I admit I write this with a view of the modern documentary in mind... but Black Fox isn't entertaining, isn't educational, and was a waste of a purchase.
Fascinating and disturbing especially in it's parable like comparison of Hitler's rise and fall with the old germanic folktale of Reynard the Fox. M.Dietrich's voice/narration is at times haunting and the use of photos and woodcuts is visually stimulating. The film almost seems as if it's geared towards children which only highlights the grim horrors it depicts. In today's world of our own country engaging in criminal wars of conquest in the middle east and our govt. being run by illegitimately elected "officials", our own Reichstag fire (9-11) the patriot act and the fraudulent "war on terror" it seems we've learned nothing from watching films like this.
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- 1h 29min(89 min)
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