Hitler in Colour (2005)

Documentary using only original colour footage charts the 12 years from Adolf Hitler's rise to power to the fall of Berlin in 1945. Complemented by eyewitness material, tracks the dramatic ... See full summary »

Director:

David Batty

Stars:

Brian Cox, Lutz Liebelt

Cast

Credited cast:
Brian Cox	...	Narrator
Lutz Liebelt	...	Adolf Hitler (voice)

Storyline

Documentary using only original colour footage charts the 12 years from Adolf Hitler's rise to power to the fall of Berlin in 1945. Complemented by eyewitness material, tracks the dramatic transformation of Germany into a Nazi state, looks into Hitler's relationship with his lover Eva Braun and replicates pivotal events, including Nazi rallies, the invasion of Poland, Hitler's meeting with Lloyd George, the horrors of Buchenwald concentration camp, Warsaw's Jewish Ghetto, the Battle of Britain and the fall of Berlin.

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Plot Keywords:

hitler | berlin germany | madman | parvenu | world war two | 

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Genres:

Documentary | History | War

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Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

30 April 2005 (UK)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Granada Television, TWI

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min 60 min (edited) 141 min (DVD)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

User Reviews

A peak inside the Nazi machine and its leader's life

Part of the series that also contained Japan's War in Color. This is a series of home movies and other color film showing the period of 1933 to the end of the war in color. The narration is mostly made up of quotes from diaries and speeches from the time.

Another very good documentary on WW2 that shows snapshots of the war in ways that have rarely been seen before. As with the Japan film this is not a detailed account of Hitler or a war but a rather its a peak inside of the private life of the head of the Nazis. For lack of a better term and no pun intended the film nicely adds color to what you know about Hitler and Germany.Definitely worth a look.