Hitler et les nazis: Le procès du mal

Have taken a keen interest in the rise of Hitler in recent years and this documentry does a pretty decent job of showing how and why he rose to power.

As with most documenteries of this type some is very hard to watch- episode 5 with the death camps is extremely tough.

There is some glossing over in Britains part in the war but think thats the same for the USA and other Allies. After all it is showing the war from the German side

Some of the reconstructions are well done but the guy playing Hitler looked more like the guy from the group Sparks ! But that aside a good series that shows how WW2 came about.

And Germany WTF were you thinking ?

Overall, a pretty good account of the rise of Hitler and the reign of terror perpetrated by the Third Reich. I've watched a number of similar documentaries about Hitler and this one showed me a few things I had never known.

The documentary is certainly taken down a peg by the atrocious casting of Károly Kozma as Hitler. When it comes to physical likeness, on a scale of 10 Kozma is about a 6. The casting department could have chosen from hundreds of capable actors with much more similar physical characteristics. Kozma's poor likeness to Hitler is one thing, but his abysmal performance amounts to little more than scenes of hysteria - usually unwarranted - giving Hitler very little depth. Kosta's scenes are all pantomimed (there are no speaking parts) and most of them are poorly executed. To say the least, this was a critical role and they made an awful choice by going with Kosta. You also have to blame director Joe Berlinger for encouraging Kosta's ridiculous style of performance.

There are other things that are seemingly glossed over, including Hitler's terrible health and booming drug dependency. Hitler was prescribed over 90 medications through his life, suffered from numerous serious ailments, and regularly consumed amphetamines, barbiturates, opiates, and cocaine. Between his very poor health and easy access to drugs, little wonder that Hitler devolved into the madman that he surely was.

There's also short shrift given to Hitler's pact with Japan, the courage of the British military, and various other facets of World War II. But, after all, I still did award the documentary a 7 out of 10, indicating I did find it very watchable and illuminating. It shouldn't be the ONLY documentary you watch about Hitler, but it certainly belongs in the upper echelon.

Considering the voluminous information surrounding WWII, it's not going to cover every detail or aspect that one might want to see. However, I think they've managed to include the key moments of the narrative they're focusing on.

This documentary combines commentary, historical footage, and reenactment scenes. The reenactment scenes help enhance the documentary. A lot of important meetings were done behind closed doors and were not recorded, so the reenactment gives a sense of what might have happened.

I think this is a great documentary and shows how such dangerous regimes can come into power. Hopefully, although unlikely, such grand scale atrocities are behind us.

It is a very well done documentary that shows the rise of Hitler and the Nazi party. A very good job of covering the aftermath of the devastation that they caused across Europe and gives some insight into what could have happened if they went unchecked.

To me, the most glaring omissions in all of these documentaries is not the why of the Nazi rise to power, but where they got all the funding and support. I guess, because no one wants to talk about the American money that funded them. Henry Ford, the Dulles brothers etc. There was a great deal of support amongst American money to bring them to power. This is well documented but not discussed in these things because it puts America into a bad light. It also is quite telling as to why America was not interested in really getting into the war, until it absolutely had to. Not that it was pivotal, that was the Russians.

The film footage in this documentary is worth the watch. I already knew a lot about Hitler having read a book titled "I Knew Hitler" written by someone who was close to him until he was arrested.

I never realized that Shiler was so close to danger and was an observer to so much history. I knew he wrote the book and I read it a long time ago.

This series is informative and educational, and as the Russian Movie "White Tiger" tells us, Fascism never goes away, it just sleeps. Great movie, all allegory, if you haven't seen it.

My only complaint and it is a "nit" is that the actor playing Hitler looked like an anorexic Hitler, but he was really good. I personally know people that look more like Hitler than he did. But you will regret watching this, if you are interested in WWII.