Die Wannseekonferenz

The movie shows perfectly scary how the plan to kill Millions of people is just discussed in a normal buisness meeting with jokes and coffee. The whole movie is just a dialogue but never gets boring. Philip Hochmair with an outstanding performance. For everyone who is interested in history and wants to get a feeling of the inhumane atmosphere of this meeting, this movie is great.

As a Jewish person with great-grandparents who themselves escaped under the Nazis, having heard countless stories growing up, this movie hit.. hard. Not so much because of the subject matter - that's been done before - but the presentation; no over-dramatic excessive presentation with unnecessary musical swells and such. Just... Facts. History. Reality.

I've read the history, heard the stories, and so I was familiar with the event itself. I expected a degree of dramatization for the sake of viewers, but was caught off guard with the stark presentation. I can trace my history straight back to northern Poland, and knowing this event determined the fate of millions of fellow Jews means a lot, and so I was prepared for that. It was the fact that this is a historical picture with some cinematic presentation sprinkled on it - rather than a dramatic piece with some historical garnish - hit me so hard.

Another thing I like about it is the fact that it isn't pushing any sort of ideology - it's not a film written to say "antisemitism is bad and this is an example." It's reality, and so the message is conveyed on its own without requiring a dramatic push to shove it into your face. Truly, an amazing piece of cinema.

I was positively surprised by the high quality of the production.

I did however struggle with the portrayal of Reinhard Heydrich, who seemed too soft for a man of his caliber. I understand what the makers of this film were going for by portraying him like this, creating a disturbing contrast between his cultured appearance on the one hand and his utterly barbaric intentions on the other... showing a wolf in sheep clothing. I believe that the historical Heydrich was a man who oozed authority and arrogance, knowing that he was very much feared by fellow Nazis and enemies alike.

On the other hand I was very much impressed by the portrayal of Heinrich "Gestapo" Müller by the actor Jakob Diehl . It seemed like a spot on portrayal.

The actor probably did some in depth research on Müllers biography.

Müller seemed uncomfortable with this meeting and conveyed the general impression as though he did not want to be there. Mr. Diehl did a great job in showing the fact, that Müller was not a convinced Nazi but instead a careerist of the very worst type. The type of person who was literally willing to contribute to some of the worst crimes in history as long as this would advance his career.

A very sober, intelligent attempt to adapt into film the meeting where The Holocaust was launched. Historically informative and free from disturbing, unnecessary and distorting dramatic elements. The interpretation of this infamous group of people is as good as it gets. Maybe we don't feel close to the actual Eichmann and maybe the portrayal of Heydrich adds more depth than he actually possessed - he was probably quite one-dimensionally cold and arrogant. But this does not prevent the film from giving a credible account of the events and the different interests and ways of thinking and talking of the participants.

Ive been searching for over many years, namely the filmatization of the wannsee conference in dealing with the huge german problem how to kill people during the 2nd world war, in vast amounts at the lowest cost and in such away that their young soldiers wont become mentally disturbed by the fact that killing another human, in peace or in war is a humongous task that only 1/10000 would be cold enough to do.

A harsh way to simplify one of the worst genocides everhappened inhuman history, the administrative and judicial vs the military discussing m, word for word, built on the transcripts from the conference, truly a bagatellish moment for the people around the table, with exterminating powers upon others.

Well chosen cast of actors that delivers the story in away that youll feel the wellness of living( their lives), and may stand as a milestone like josva blew the horn outside the citywalls of jerico, with a message to the conspiracy driven social media nourished youth of generation x and z how easy a genocide may start.

Its not an overly saturated actiomfilm you will get, rather a wardrama without a pop or a boom, but the message is explosive, made in the good old german postwar dramastyle, its not '' der untergang'' houmongoness apocalyptic style, just almost there. Its a history curricular stuff( like ''ghandi'' , ''breakfast club'' or ''der untergang'') for school boards to show their pupils, not only on the domestic market but everywhere. A recommend from the grumpy old man.