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The Goebbels Experiment

Original title: Das Goebbels-Experiment
  • 20052005
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  • 1h 48m
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Joseph Goebbels in The Goebbels Experiment (2005)
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Through archival footage and dramatic readings of his personal writings, the life of Nazi Germany's Propaganda Minister, Josef Goebbels, is examined.Through archival footage and dramatic readings of his personal writings, the life of Nazi Germany's Propaganda Minister, Josef Goebbels, is examined.Through archival footage and dramatic readings of his personal writings, the life of Nazi Germany's Propaganda Minister, Josef Goebbels, is examined.
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  • Director
    • Lutz Hachmeister
  • Writers
    • Lutz Hachmeister
    • Michael Kloft
  • Stars
    • Udo Samel(voice)
    • Kenneth Branagh(English version)
    • Heinrich Brüning(archive footage)
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  • Director
    • Lutz Hachmeister
  • Writers
    • Lutz Hachmeister
    • Michael Kloft
  • Stars
    • Udo Samel(voice)
    • Kenneth Branagh(English version)
    • Heinrich Brüning(archive footage)
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    • 18User reviews
    • 16Critic reviews
    • 67Metascore
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    Udo Samel
    Udo Samel
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    Kenneth Branagh
    Kenneth Branagh
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    • (voice)
    Heinrich Brüning
    • Selfas Self
    • (archive footage)
    Winston Churchill
    Winston Churchill
    • Selfas Self
    • (archive footage)
    Engelbert Dollfuss
    • Selfas Self
    • (archive footage)
    Wilhelm Frick
    • Selfas Self
    • (archive footage)
    Joseph Goebbels
    Joseph Goebbels
    • Selfas Self
    • (archive footage)
    • (as Josef Goebbels)
    Magda Goebbels
    • Selfas Self
    • (archive footage)
    Hermann Göring
    Hermann Göring
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    • (archive footage)
    Veit Harlan
    Veit Harlan
    • Selfas Self
    • (archive footage)
    Rudolf Hess
    Rudolf Hess
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    • (archive footage)
    Heinrich Himmler
    Heinrich Himmler
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    Adolf Hitler
    Adolf Hitler
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    Alfred Hugenberg
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    Joe Louis
    Joe Louis
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    • (archive footage)
    Benito Mussolini
    Benito Mussolini
    • Selfas Self
    • (archive footage)
    Augustine Alfred Joseph Paul-Boncour
    • Selfas Self
    • (archive footage)
    • (as Joseph Paul-Boncour)
    Leni Riefenstahl
    Leni Riefenstahl
    • Selfas Self
    • (archive footage)
    • Director
      • Lutz Hachmeister
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      • Lutz Hachmeister
      • Michael Kloft
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      Narrator: Hitler had phoned. He wanted to welcome us and in fifteen minutes he was there, tall, healthy and vigorous. I like him. He puts us to shame with his kindness.

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      Features October (Ten Days that Shook the World) (1927)

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    6/10
    What experiment?
    As an history teacher, there was much that I took from this documentary- the rare footage and selected diary excerpts. However, it is far too broad in its focus; no discussion of the Depression except by 1931 and then, suddenly, Hitler becomes Chancellor. Not only does this approach prevent any understanding of the complex forces at work, but it risks giving the wrong impression of Nazi support. By November 1932 the Nazis had lost significant support (falling from 37% to 32%), and the party was in a state of bankruptcy due to Goebbels's propaganda machine. Historians argue that Hitler had peaked and, with the economy improving, he was about to enter the dustbin of history. In fact, he was suicidal. And so his being made chancellor was for him miraculous, and yet no indication is made of this- he simply becomes Chancellor without any explanation. I began questioning the point of the film, for it so simplified the situation that no indication of why Goebbels is considered a propaganda genius by many and is credited for Hitler's electoral successes. He is far more important than the film describes, but one ends up asking why he is the subject. Indeed, the development of the state in a totalitarian regime is not addressed, nor so many crucial events leading up to war that it doesn't bear reciting here, from foreign policy beginning with leaving the League of Nations, creation of the GESTAPO, rearmament and conscription to the Fall of France... incredible! Of course, Goebbels was not involved in foreign policy, but he was instrumental in devising the rationale. And to ignore the marching into the Rhineland to me was incomprehensible, considering this was Goebbels's very homeland. Some of the images have no commentary at all and so their significance too is lost. By the time 1943 comes around without the slightest reference to Stalingrad, I could only question what the point was that the producers had intended to make. An inordinate amount of time was given to the Venice biennial which only reiterates Goebbels's contempt for foreign films. This hardly constitutes an "experiment" and one finishes the film without any insight or awareness of the man and what he tried to revolutionise (to his mind). To me, the Goebbels experiment was radicalising the people which is only hinted here. It was he who initiated the book burnings. He who started the first Jewish boycott. He who launched Reichskristallnacht. So stale is the portrait in this film that his evil machinations and designs get lost in the times, and he comes across instead as sentimental and caught up in others' actions. My website shows his propaganda ministry then and now, as well as other remaining NSDAP architecture: www.tracesofevil.com
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    • Release date
      • April 13, 2005 (Germany)
    • Countries of origin
      • Germany
      • United Kingdom
    • Official site
      • First Run Features
    • Languages
      • German
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Эксперимент Геббельса
    • Filming locations
      • Bavaria, Germany
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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $47,211
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $6,769
      • Aug 14, 2005
    • Gross worldwide
      • $47,211
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      1 hour 48 minutes
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