Obyknovennyy fashizm (1965)

Director:

Mikhail Romm

Writers:

Yuri Khanyutin (writer)
Mikhail Romm (writer)

Release Date:

February 1968 (USA)

Genre:

Documentary | History | War

Plot Keywords:

Mondo | Demagogy | Nazi Rally | Ideology | Political Leader

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Mikhail Romm	...	Narrator (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Marlene Dietrich	...	Herself (archive footage)
Josef Goebbels	...	Himself (archive footage)
Hermann Göring	...	Himself (archive footage)
Adolf Hitler	...	Himself (archive footage)
Joseph Stalin	...	Himself (archive footage)
Jûkichi Uno	...	Narrator (voice: Japanese version)

Also Known As:

Обыкновенный фашизм (Soviet Union: Russian title)
A Night of Thoughts
Echo of the Jackboot (UK)
Ordinary Fascism
Triumph Over Violence (USA)
Trumps Over Violence (USA)

Runtime:

138 min | Germany:133 min | USA:82 min | Japan:129 min

Country:

Soviet Union

Language:

Russian

Color:

Black and White

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Finland:K-18 | France:U | West Germany:12

Company:

Mosfilm

Movie Connections:

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European civilization is not human one.

The footage of the last Rot Front demonstration is breathtaking. The main thing – it took place DURING the Hitler dictatorship. This is the great achievement of the human race. They had the courage to go on to the streets, just to say "we are not afraid of you". They have the courage to say it right into the faces of the Nazi leaders. And then look at the photos of the arrested German communists. And great authors comment: "…Look, what a beautiful faces! There were not a lot of such people, but still they were. Always. These people not only the Pride of the German nation. They are the Hope of the German nation, because in such people is the Future of Germany…" Pity, but it is not. They were killed and belied. What means 1.5 million citizens arrested during 1937-1938 in comparison with the five century long colonial politic of European bourgeois, with four world wars, their American fellows started in XX and XXI century. They killed billions human beings, just in hope, that they can make some extra money on this. They killed any possible future of the human race, just to be the only possible future. And they say, that capitalism is the best political system, they dare to say, that two capitalists gangs, sharing the political power is the democracy. Looking at the Nazi atrocities, you should keep in mind, that this is only training. Do you know that they wanted to kill at least 80 millions of the soviet citizens, after they occupied USSR? Do you know anything about bloodless genocide invented by European-American civilization after WW2? Mrs Thatcher put their plans into the words 20 years ago: "Soviet Union population of 50 millions should be enough." So, she was more bloodthirsty, than even Hitler, she want to eliminate 230 millions. Well, about 25-30 millions (only in Russia) had already killed or were not born. Everything, that happened in the ex-USSR after 1985 happened under the Western control. And this control culminated during the Putin's president-ships. Actually, Russian Federation is the colony of Western Europe and US since 1991. And some western leaders hope, that they can annex Russian territory (some part to the EU and some part to the USA) without any serious war 10-15 years later. I do not care. We are doomed.