The Restless Conscience: Resistance to Hitler Within Germany 1933-1945 (1992)

Director:

Hava Kohav Beller

Writer:

Hava Kohav Beller

Stars:

John Dildine, Roland Freisler, Carl Friedrich Goerdeler

Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 1 nomination.

Cast

Credited cast:
John Dildine	...	Narrator (voice)
Roland Freisler	...	Himself (archive footage)
Carl Friedrich Goerdeler	...	Himself (archive footage)
Adolf Hitler	...	Himself (archive footage)
Axel von der Busche	...	Himself (as Axel von dem Bussche)
Ewald von Kleist	...	Himself (as Ewald Heinrich von Kleist)
Adam von Trott zu Solz	...	Himself (archive footage)

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

independent film

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Genres:

Documentary

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

7 February 1992 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Restless Conscience

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Runtime:

113 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

User Reviews

Intelligent, powerful and fascinating

This documentary explores a much under-examined element of Hitler's Germany. German citizens, some of high army rank or social status, who risked everything, and usually forfeited their lives to try to stop Hitler.

These people had nothing to gain, and everything to lose. They could of gone along quietly, and kept their lives and their life styles, But instead they trade it all to fight for an ideal.

The film-making itself can be a bit dry; lots of talking heads, WW II footage and stills, and fairly dispassionate sounding narrators telling us the facts. But the stories themselves are heartbreaking – especially the desperate attempts to warn the outside world what was coming, getting only mistrust and indifference in response.

Also remarkable are the bits of actual footage from the show trials the Nazi's gave these men before killing them. Their quiet, brave dignity in the face of death is deeply powerful.