Hitler - The Rise of Evil
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Movie Reviews of Hitler - The Rise of Evil
Movie Review: Perfect
Summary: 4 Stars
This is probably one of the most down-to-earth, honest and "true to history" representations of the Hitler story. More importantly, it is an excellent "reference" point because it pretty much covers Hitlers entire life from childhood to power and to his final downfall and death. While many people may wish to see movies about "the man" i.e. those that focus on why did he do what he did, there are many like me who were just looking for the "what happened?" story. This fits in perfectly.Movie Review: lS ANYB0DY LlSTENING?!?!
Summary: 4 Stars
This mini-series would've been better had they dealt with the subjects dealt with in the History Channel's documentary ''High Hitler''. Where they revealed that ''Uncle Dolfie'' had an addiction to pain pills which cotributed to a plethora of health problems like gas. Supposedly the Fuhrur farted like a buffalo. He also had battles with constipation and at times he had diarrhea that could polute the Rhein.Movie Review: I thought it was pretty decent
Summary: 4 Stars
Ignore the hysteria from the pc crowd. This mini-series is done very well. I learned a lot about the younger Hitler. The best thing in the package, however, is a 1977 documentary about the real Hitler.Movie Review: Great for WWII fans
Summary: 4 Stars
An interesting focus on Hitler's rise to power. I was hoping for some WWII chapters but it ended after he became chancellor. Still worth watching. MY GRADE: B.Movie Review: Good Film, Great Director
Summary: 3 Stars
HITLER: The Rise of Evil is a TV miniseries that focuses on the early personal development of Hitler & the fledgling National Socialist Movement. The movie clearly demonstrates the fact that without the support of the major capitalists in Germany, the phenomena of Hitler & the Third Reich would never have occurred. This is an important point & one that the German capitalists & their counterparts in the Allied countries would like very much to forget. This selective forgetfulness also applied to the Nazi technocrats & scientists--once abhorred as vile Huns--suddenly transformed into 'good patriots' as the West (particularly the United Sates) scooped them up to invent new scientific horrors for an unsuspecting global society.
The movie presents flashes of the personal life of Hitler framed within the context of the development of the Nazi Party from its backroom infancy to the full-fledged totalitarian re-organizer of German society as a sort of New Rome.
Robert Carlyle is interesting as Hitler, but I felt he was miscast just because of his thin, almost willowy appearance. I know this probably shouldn't be held against the actor, but I just couldn't get over it. No matter how good an actor Carlyle might be, I keep seeing him as an actor who was obviously--well, acting. No matter how monstrous the Führer was, he did possess a certain animal magnetism--especially in the early days, before time, drugs & mania took their respective tolls.
Peter O'Toole has a more or less cameo role as the decrepit President Hindenburg and, as one would expect, he does it proud. O'Toole manages just the right aura of mental confusion & physical fragility that characterized the Old War Horse in his final months. This is another instance where the movie clearly demonstrates that, in addition to the capitalist's purse strings, Hitler took advantage of Hindenburg's weakness for his own ends. Indeed, Hindenburg represented the political weakness of German bourgeois society as a whole in post World War I years.
I thought that Julianna Marguiles & Mathew Modine were very good as the American German husband & wife visiting "the homeland" & who get embroiled in the infectious optimism & energy that seized Berlin with the ascendancy of Hitler first as Chancellor, then as total Dictator. Marguiles develops a dark fascination with Hitler, as he begins to dominate her. Finally the husband can't take anymore and leaves for America alone.
Another scene that I thought was extremely revealing & excellently presented was the "dark cabaret" scene. Just from a theatrical point of view it was stunning--and very difficult to describe for people unfamiliar with this type of entertainment. It often involved lewdness, political/racial parody & transvestitism all framed in music & dance numbers. The contemporary performing company SHOCKHEADED PETER come very close to conveying the feel of dark cabaret--in fact, they are dark cabaret--without the racism.
This is a good film and Christian Duguay does a great job directing.