Release, runtime and language

1977 · 442 mins · German

Directed by

Hans-Jürgen Syberberg

Starring

André Heller, Peter Kern, Harry Baer, Heinz Schubert, Alfred Edel, Martin Sperr

Presented in four loosely structured sections, the film surveys the ascent and collapse of the Third Reich. It moves from Hitler’s cultivated personality through propaganda’s ties to pre‑Nazi German cultural, spiritual and national traditions, then examines the Holocaust and the underlying ideology, focusing especially on Himmler’s perspective.