Hitler: The Rise of Evil (2003) (TV)

Regisseur:

Christian Duguay

Drehbuchautoren (WGA):

John Pielmeier (written by) and
G. Ross Parker (written by)

Premierendatum:

18. Mai 2003 (USA)

Genre:

Biographie | Drama | Historienfilm

Werbezeile:

"The only thing necessary for evil to flourish is for good men to do nothing." - Edmund Burke

Plot:

A unique slant, profiling the life of Adolf Hitler as a child and his rise through the ranks of the National German Workers' Party prior to World War II.

Plot Keywords:

Racism | Rise of fascism | Animal Abuse | Anti Semitism | Art School

Filmpreise:

Won 2 Primetime Emmys. Another 3 wins & 15 nominations

Nutzerkommentare:

Badly Written

Besetzung

Robert Carlyle	...	Adolf Hitler
Stockard Channing	...	Klara Hitler
Jena Malone	...	Geli Raubal
Julianna Margulies	...	Helene Hanfstaengl
Matthew Modine	...	Fritz Gerlich
Liev Schreiber	...	Ernst Hanfstaengl
Peter Stormare	...	Ernst Röhm
Friedrich von Thun	...	General Erich Ludendorff
Peter O'Toole	...	President Paul von Hindenburg
Zoe Telford	...	Eva Braun
Terence Harvey	...	Gustav von Kahr
Justin Salinger	...	Dr. Joseph Goebbels
Chris Larkin	...	Hermann Göring
James Babson	...	Rudolf Hess
Patricia Netzer	...	Sophie Gerlich

Alternativ:

Hitler: La naissance du mal (Canada: French title)
Hitler - Aufstieg des Bösen (Österreich) (Deutschland) [de]
Hitler - Der Aufstieg des Bösen (Deutschland) (DVD title) [de]

Länge:

Australia:179 Min (video version) | France:130 Min | USA:240 Min (including commercials)

Produktionsland:

Canada | USA

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Farbe

Seitenverhältnis:

1.33 : 1

Tonverfahren:

Dolby SR

Altersfreigabe:

Netherlands:12 | Australia:M | Finland:K-11 | Germany:12 | Singapore:PG | South Korea:15

Drehorte:

Prague, Czech Republic

Firma:

Alliance Atlantis Communications

Dies und das:

All Nazi-themed costumes and props (flags, medallions, pins, tie-tacks) were destroyed after filming wrapped, to prevent any items linked with Nazism from finding their way into the hands of neo-Nazis.

Pannen:

Crew oder Equipment sichtbar: When Mrs. Hanfstaengl argues with the housemaid, a yellow position marker is visible on the floor.

Dialogzitate:

Adolf Hitler: Pride is a weapon!

Soundtrack:

Das Deutschlandlied

Badly Written

I watched this hoping to find out something I didn`t know about modern history`s most infamous man and couldn`t help thinking that history has been rewritten in HITLER:THE RISE OF EVIL . Hitler was so obsessed with his niece that he threatened to have one of her admirer`s shot . Hitler turned up with a gun in his hand to arrest Ernst Rohm . Forgive me for asking but haven`t the writers confused Adolph Hitler with Tony Montana from SCARFACE ? That`s bad enough but what really offended me was that there`s entire chunks of historical context missing in this mini series . Germany lost the first world war and the allied powers made Germany pay a heavy price for doing so. It was this economic environment that led the German people to have someone - anyone - to restore their pride and that`s why they turned to Nazism . The German humiliation of the 1920s caused by the allied powers seems to be entirely missing therefore there is no way that HITLER:THE RISE OF EVIL can be taken seriously as a historical document, and I haven`t even mentioned that Himmler and Goering are conspicous by their absence

There is one positive point about the mini series and that`s Robert Carlyle in the title role . Okay some of his mannerisms are wrong and his voice is a little too loud ( Archive recordings show that Hitler had a soft seductive voice ) but Carlyle is a charismatic actor and he does manage to communicate Hitler`s own charisma on screen . Comments in the British press that Carlyle resembles the synth player from Sparks more than Adolph Hitler are unfounded and he gives one of the better interpretations of Hitler.

I liked the performance by Robert Carlyle but I hated everything else about this mini series and wondered why on earth it was made in the first place . There`s nothing to recommend it to serious history fans