Moloch (1999)
"Molokh" (original title)

In 1942, in Bavaria, Eva Braun is alone, when Adolf Hitler arrives with Dr. Josef Goebbels and his wife Magda Goebbels and Martin Bormann to spend a couple of days without talking politics.

Director:

Aleksandr Sokurov

Writers:

Yuri Arabov, Marina Koreneva

Stars:

Elena Rufanova, Leonid Mozgovoy, Leonid Sokol

5 wins & 3 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Elena Rufanova	...	Eva Braun
Leonid Mozgovoy	...	Adolf Hitler
Leonid Sokol	...	Dr. Josef Goebbels
Yelena Spiridonova	...	Magda Goebbels
Vladimir Bogdanov	...	Martin Bormann
Anatoli Shvedersky	...	Priest
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Natalya Nikulenko
Rosina Tsidulko

Storyline

In 1942, in Bavaria, Eva Braun is alone, when Adolf Hitler arrives with Dr. Josef Goebbels and his wife Magda Goebbels and Martin Bormann to spend a couple of days without talking politics.

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Plot Keywords:

reference to adolf hitler | german | world war two

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

Russia Germany Japan Italy France

Language:

German

Release Date:

13 October 1999 (France)

Also Known As:

Moloch

Filming Locations:

Obersalzberg, Berchtesgaden, Bavaria, Germany

Company Credits

Production Co:

Arte, Fabrica, Fusion Product

Technical Specs

Runtime:

108 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Followed by The Sun (2005)

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Soundtracks

"Von Finnland bis zum Schwarzen Meer"
By Norbert Schultze

User Reviews

A Strange Fantasy on The Life of A Madman

This is not a film one "likes" in the ordinary sense that one might like, say "The Sound of Music." It is, however a film that could be admired for it's intention and for much of it's execution. I admired much of what the director was attempting, an unconventional look at Hitler's private life as an isolated, paranoid, lonely, often clueless individual who cannot connect with any kind of reality, but is still loved for himself by Eva.

Moloch is a curious, slow-moving construct, and is, in someways, about the disconnect between those who have power and those who depend upon them: the opening, featuring a nude Eva Braun dancing faun-like on some stone battlements in the fog, is odd and fascinating; what follows no less so, a sort of Fantasia On The Mad Dictator; the film is a curiosity.

Just it is difficult to nail down the character of W. C. Fields in a film, or Clark Gable, or Charlie Chaplin, it is always difficult to recreate the 20th Century's most notable villain, Adolph Hitler. Many from Alec Guinness and Anthony Hopkins to Richard Basehart have tried, but Bruno Ganz in Downfall offers the unimpeachable impersonation--but Downfall a different kind of film. Like the kinky film "Even Dwarfs Started Small," Moloch is an oddity, fascinating to some history or film fans, exasperating for most mainstream audiences.