Blind Spot - Hitler's Secretary
by Othmar Schmiderer, Andr? Heller
List Price:
Our Price: $22.49
You Save: $2.47 (10%)
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Buy Used: from $12.06 (click here)
Category: DVD
See more DVD releases
Buy this DVD movie at online store in your country
Canada
Canada
DVD Cover Information
Actor: Traudl JungeDirector: Andr? Heller, Othmar Schmiderer
Brand: Sony
Cinematographer: Othmar Schmiderer
Writer: Othmar Schmiderer
Writer: Andr? Heller
Editor: Daniel Poehacker
Producer: Danny Krausz
Producer: Kurt Stocker
DVD: Region Code 99
Audio: German (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled)
Format: Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 90 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-10-28
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Sony Pictures
Movie Reviews of Blind Spot - Hitler's Secretary
Movie Review: I'm a military history buff and so I might find this film more interesting
Summary: 4 Stars
than most.
The value I found in this film, and I agree with some who say it was poorly shot and edited, was the reflections of an 81 yo woman who knew she was dying of cancer and died days after the interview. This is as good as a death bed confession.
What interests me is this . . . Traudl Junge seems a good example (or might be a good example) of the common folk of Germany, who, like many or most Germans were moved sufficiently by his oratorical skills to at least trust him, and overlook any obvious indications that atrocities were happening during the war. Nor did she feel a need to find/discover what information there was regarding the horrible events. We now know that with a bit of effort most any German of the time could find out the awful truth. Soldiers came back on leave, Jews, the mentally handicapped, and others were roughly loaded on into train cars made for cattle or horses, and the stink from the incinerators was easily detected from surrounding towns.
I found it fascinating to listen to this woman who knew she would die soon, describe her confusion and her moral turmoil during the past decades. The question arises in the viewers mind and hers . . . how could she not have known. That is my fascination. Almost a whole population seems to have been in a similar state. Sophie Scholl knew, as did her brother . . . both who participated in the White Rose resistance movement (non-violent). If them, then why not others, many others who could have known more if the had the inclination and interest to find the truth.
In all, a disturbing revelation into the psychology of those German's raised or living during the 1930's to the end of the war.
This film left me feeling strangely depressed and with an odd sense of dread. Also, I must admit feeling some anger at this old lady for being . . . what . . . blind, naive, gullible, stupid, dense? And yet I feel sorry for her. It was only late in life that she finally had the epiphany that, yes, she could have known. I have to say it . . . how pathetic.
Summary of Blind Spot - Hitler's Secretary
An interview with Traudl Junge, one of Adolf Hitler's private secretaries from 1942 through the collapse of the Nazi regime, in which she tells it all. 2003 National Theatrical Release.Art House & International DVD Video
DVD Video
- Action & Adventure
- African American Cinema
- Animation
- Anime & Manga
- Art House & International
- Classics
- Comedy
- Cult Movies
- Documentary
- Drama
- Educational
- Fitness & Yoga
- Gay & Lesbian
- Horror
- Kids & Family
- Military & War
- Music Video & Concerts
- Musicals & Performing Arts
- Mystery & Suspense
- Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Special Interests
- Sports
- Television
- Westerns
Movies most talked about in MORE GREAT DOCUMENTARIES --List #2
Who Killed the Electric Car?Sony; Release date: 2006-11-14; DVD
Best price: $6.84
Price in other shops:
Hacking DemocracyNew Video; Release date: 2007-03-27; DVD
Best price: $15.12
Price in other shops:
Buena Vista Social ClubBUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB (DVD MOVIE); Release date: 2000-10-17; DVD
Best price: $2.99
Price in other shops:
Blind Spot - Hitler's SecretarySony; Release date: 2003-10-28; DVD
Best price: $15.12
Price in other shops:
Crazy LoveMAGNOLIA HOME ENTERTAINMENT; Release date: 2007-10-16; DVD
Best price: $17.99
Price in other shops:
The Silver Screen: Color Me LavenderRelease date: 2003-06-03; DVD
Best price: $10.96
Price in other shops:
The Celluloid ClosetPublished: 1995; DVD
Best price: $12.44
Roman Polanski: Wanted and DesiredImage Entertainment; Release date: 2009-01-27; DVD
Best price: $13.84
Price in other shops:
Uncounted: The New Math of American ElectionsRelease date: 2008-08-26; DVD
Best price: $10.11
Price in other shops:
John and Yoko's Year of PeaceRelease date: 2002-09-17; DVD
Best price: $5.33
Price in other shops:
Similar DVD Movies
The Nazis - A Warning from HistoryWarner Brothers; Release date: 2005-07-19; DVD
Best price: $21.90
Price in other shops:
Gestapo: Hitler's Secret PoliceRelease date: 2005-08-23; DVD
Best price: $3.31
Price in other shops:
The Goebbels ExperimentRelease date: 2006-05-23; DVD
Best price: $17.69
Price in other shops:
Triumph of the WillRyko Distribution; Release date: 2006-03-28; DVD
Best price: $19.46
Price in other shops:
The BunkerWarner Brothers; Release date: 2006-05-30; DVD
Best price: $7.53
Price in other shops:
Hitler's WarUni; Release date: 2005-07-12; DVD
Best price: $3.06
Price in other shops:
Until the Final Hour: Hitler's Last Secretaryby Traudl Junge
Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd ); Published: 2004-06-14; Paperback; Book
Best price: $31.66
Hitler in ColourRelease date: 2005-09-13; DVD
Best price: $4.90
Price in other shops:
Sophie Scholl - The Final DaysRelease date: 2006-11-14; DVD
Best price: $17.25
Price in other shops:
Until the Final Hour: Hitler's Last Secretaryby Traudl Junge
Arcade Publishing; Published: 2005-05-09; Paperback; Book
Best price: $11.96
Price in other shops: