Hitler and the Apostles of Evil
This portrait that goes against the grain depicts the Führer as a lazy, isolated leader, cut off from reality, incapable of governing without his "apostles". They are Hitler's essential ministers, advisers, rivals, courtiers. They hate each other, and the Führer puts them in competition, often to get the worst out of them. The portraits of Hermann Goering, Heinrich Himmler, Joseph Goebbels, Albert Speer but also Rudolf Hoess, the commandant of the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp, and Doctor Joseph Mengele trace the rivalries, hatreds and predations that punctuate the entire frightening epic of Nazism. This documentary is composed of a selection of archive images and testimonies from descendants and specialists of this period.
- Year: 2016
- Country: France
- Genre: Documentary, War, History, TV Movie
- Studio: C. Productions
- Keyword: world war ii, biography, nazi officer, historical, archive footage, third reich (iii reich 1933-45), nazi collaborationism, evil dictator, old footage, war buddies, adolf hitler, nazi war criminal, history of mankind, historical documentary, figure study
- Director: Fabien Vinçon
- Cast: Adolf Hitler, Joseph Goebbels, Heinrich Himmler, Hermann Göring, Albert Speer, Josef Mengele
