The Nazis: A Warning from History 

An examination of how a cultured people could have allowed Adolf Hitler's rise to power.

Stars:

Samuel West, Adolf Buchner, Jutta Rüdiger

4 wins & 1 nomination.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Samuel West	...	Himself - Narrator 6 episodes, 1997
Adolf Buchner	...	Himself 6 episodes, 1997
Jutta Rüdiger	...	Herself 6 episodes, 1997
Günther Ruschin	...	Himself 6 episodes, 1997
Danuta Grocholska	...	Herself 6 episodes, 1997
Mario Mondello	...	Himself 6 episodes, 1997
Herbert Richter	...	Himself 6 episodes, 1997
Karl Boehm-Tettelbach	...	Himself 6 episodes, 1997
Charles Bleeker Kohlsaat	...	Himself 6 episodes, 1997
Christine Von Amsberg	...	Herself 6 episodes, 1997
Fridolin Von Spaun	...	Himself 6 episodes, 1997
Ulrich de Maizière	...	Himself 6 episodes, 1997
Wilhelm Gunsilius	...	Himself 6 episodes, 1997
Eugene Leviné	...	Himself 6 episodes, 1997
Wilhelm Moses	...	Himself 6 episodes, 1997
Emil Klein	...	Himself 6 episodes, 1997
Romuald Pilaczynski	...	Himself 6 episodes, 1997
Viera Silkinaite	...	Herself 6 episodes, 1997
Irma Eigi	...	Herself 6 episodes, 1997
Walter Fernau	...	Himself 6 episodes, 1997
Walter Frentz	...	Himself 6 episodes, 1997
Bruno Hähnel	...	Himself 6 episodes, 1997
Anna Jeziorkowska	...	Herself 6 episodes, 1997
Riva Losanskaya	...	Herself 6 episodes, 1997
Wolfgang Teubert	...	Himself 6 episodes, 1997
Hans von Herwarth	...	Himself 6 episodes, 1997
Franz Jagemann	...	Himself 6 episodes, 1997
Otto Klimmer	...	Himself 6 episodes, 1997
Alfonsas Navasinskas	...	Himself 6 episodes, 1997
Alois Pfaller	...	Himself 6 episodes, 1997
Juozas Gramauskas	...	Himself 6 episodes, 1997
Stefan Kasprzyk	...	Himself 6 episodes, 1997
Henryk Skrzypinski	...	Himself 6 episodes, 1997
Johannes Zahn	...	Himself 6 episodes, 1997
Fritz Arlt	...	Himself 6 episodes, 1997
Josef Felder	...	Himself 6 episodes, 1997
Petras Zelionka	...	Himself 6 episodes, 1997
Estera Frenkiel	...	Herself 6 episodes, 1997
Jacques Leroy	...	Himself 6 episodes, 1997
Wolf Falck	...	Himself 6 episodes, 1997
Eugen Zielke	...	Himself 6 episodes, 1997
Maria Faulhaber	...	Herself 6 episodes, 1997
Erwin Massuthe	...	Himself 6 episodes, 1997
Waltraud Reski	...	Herself 6 episodes, 1997
Alfons Schulz	...	Himself 6 episodes, 1997
Samuel Willenberg	...	Himself 6 episodes, 1997
Rudi Bamber	...	Himself 6 episodes, 1997
Gerda Bernhardt	...	Herself 6 episodes, 1997
Uwe Bitzel	...	Himself 6 episodes, 1997
Herbert Döhring	...	Himself 6 episodes, 1997
Robert Gellately	...	Himself 6 episodes, 1997
Walter Kammerling	...	Himself 6 episodes, 1997
Ian Kershaw	...	Himself 6 episodes, 1997
J.A. Graf von Kielmannsegg	...	Himself 6 episodes, 1997
Erna Kranz	...	Herself 6 episodes, 1997
Resi Kraus	...	Herself 6 episodes, 1997
Anna Krautwurmová	...	Herself 6 episodes, 1997
Günter Lohse	...	Himself 6 episodes, 1997
Frank Roberts	...	Himself 6 episodes, 1997
Susie Seitz	...	Herself 6 episodes, 1997
Reinhard Spitzy	...	Himself 6 episodes, 1997
Manfred Von Schröder	...	Himself 6 episodes, 1997
Artur Axmann	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited) 6 episodes, 1997
Neville Chamberlain	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited) 6 episodes, 1997
Galeazzo Ciano	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited) 6 episodes, 1997
Édouard Daladier	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited) 6 episodes, 1997
Hans Frank	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited) 6 episodes, 1997
Joseph Goebbels	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited) 6 episodes, 1997
Arthur Greiser	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited) 1 episode, 1997
Hermann Göring	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited) 6 episodes, 1997
Reinhard Heydrich	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited) 6 episodes, 1997
Heinrich Himmler	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited) 6 episodes, 1997
Adolf Hitler	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited) 6 episodes, 1997
Emil Hácha	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited) 6 episodes, 1997
Wilhelm Keitel	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited) 6 episodes, 1997
Benito Mussolini	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited) 6 episodes, 1997
Otto Ernst Remer	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited) 6 episodes, 1997
Albert Speer	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited) 6 episodes, 1997
Werner von Blomberg	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited) 6 episodes, 1997

Storyline

An examination of how a cultured people could have allowed Adolf Hitler's rise to power.

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Plot Keywords:

pre world war two | nazi ideology | fascism | hitler | nazism | 

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Genres:

Documentary | History | War

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Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English German French Polish

Release Date:

8 February 1998 (USA)

Also Known As:

Natsit - historian synkkä varoitus

Filming Locations:

Prague, Czech Republic

Company Credits

Production Co:

A+E Networks, British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

292 min (6 episodes)

Color:

Black and White Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

During the "Chaos and Consent" segment, the tune "Happy Days Are Here Again" which is associated with drinking (it was FDR's Prohibition-repeal campaign song) is played while showing Hitler raising a glass stein within a crowd of stein-holding pub visitors. The visuals, music, and certainly the narration imply that Hitler might have been a drinker, yet (as cited in non-fiction histories by William Shirer and by Albert Speer) he was a well-known alcohol-abstainer.

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Quotes

Narrator: A Hungarian woman in Hitler's entourage looked at the sky and then turned to speak to her Fuhrer.

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Connections

Featured in The 50 Greatest Documentaries (2005)

User Reviews

a great documentary

this is a compelling documentary on a very emotive subject, as a historian i found this documentary to be of great interest and full of accurate and important information. I would highly recommend reading "Auschwitz" and the updated version of "Nazis : A Warning from History" (due out 2nd March) by Laurence Rees who played a big part in the making of the documentary. One of the things i found the most interesting about this documentary was the fact the they used a lot of primary sources including, rare film footage, pictures and they spoke to a lot of people involved in the Nazis regime. It was very interesting to hear how they felt about what they did under Hitlers regime nearly 60 years later.