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Hitler: The Rise Of Evil
2003
Robert Carlyle stars as the German dictator and leads an all-star cast in this made for TV drama that explores Adolf Hitler's rise to power in prewar Germany during the 1930s. Read more
| Starring | Robert Carlyle, Jena Malone, Stockard Channing, Julianna Margulies |
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| Director | Christian Duguay |
| Genres | Drama |
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Hitler: The Rise Of Evil
Robert Carlyle stars as the German dictator and leads an all-star cast in this made for TV drama that explores Adolf Hitler's rise to power in prewar Germany during the 1930s.
| Starring | Robert Carlyle, Jena Malone, Stockard Channing, Julianna Margulies, Matthew Modine, Peter O'Toole, Peter Stormare, Liev Schreiber |
|---|---|
| Director | Christian Duguay |
| Studio | MOMENTUM PICTURES |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Drama |
| Language | English |
| Released | DVD: 20 Oct 2003 Production year: 2003 |
| Format | DVD |
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13 out of 17 people found this review helpful
clumsy, but has worthwhile moments
This TV drama begins badly, with a very cack-handed telling of Hitler's early life. We are given several short glimpses of events, such as his being beaten as a child, which are presumably there for a reason but are given no development. I will not do the director's work for him, and draw the conclusion that because Hitler was beaten as a child he became who he did. That is lazy storytelling. Once the story reaches Hitler's gradual takeover of the Nazi party, it certainly picks up. Robert Carlyle is excellent, and there are a few other good performances - notably from Jena Malone as his neice (though this character needed a bit more development), and Liev Schreiber as one of Hitler's early sponsors. There are equally some pitiful performances; Matthew Modine as the annoying American, sorry I mean German, journalist, and Zoe Telford as Eva Braun, who is unable to pronounce her own character's name (at least, not consistently with those who address her). To be fair, the Eva Braun story arc is introduced and then quickly abandoned by the film makers. There are definitely aspects of this production that are worthwhile - I liked the parallels between Hitler's path to dictatorship and our own current political situation, however if you only want to watch one Hitler film, wait for the DVD release of 'Der Untergang'.
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13 out of 17 people found this review helpful
clumsy, but has worthwhile moments
This TV drama begins badly, with a very cack-handed telling of Hitler's early life. We are given several short glimpses of events, such as his being beaten as a child, which are presumably there for a reason but are given no development. I will not do the director's work for him, and draw the conclusion that because Hitler was beaten as a child he became who he did. That is lazy storytelling. Once the story reaches Hitler's gradual takeover of the Nazi party, it certainly picks up. Robert Carlyle is excellent, and there are a few other good performances - notably from Jena Malone as his neice (though this character needed a bit more development), and Liev Schreiber as one of Hitler's early sponsors. There are equally some pitiful performances; Matthew Modine as the annoying American, sorry I mean German, journalist, and Zoe Telford as Eva Braun, who is unable to pronounce her own character's name (at least, not consistently with those who address her). To be fair, the Eva Braun story arc is introduced and then quickly abandoned by the film makers. There are definitely aspects of this production that are worthwhile - I liked the parallels between Hitler's path to dictatorship and our own current political situation, however if you only want to watch one Hitler film, wait for the DVD release of 'Der Untergang'.
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