Hitlers Stellvertreter

original title:
Hitlers Stellvertreter
country / year of production:
Germany / 2005
original length:
2x45 min. , color
premiere:
18 May 2005, ARD
genre:
Documentary
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director:
Christine Rütten , Ulrike Bremer
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plot synopsis:
This documentary deals with Hitler's deputy Rudolf Heß. The film tries to make sure which role the mighty man next to Hitler really played. Was he really powerfull, was he a servant or was he just mad? The film shows his life from the start of his career to his fall and tries to analyse his mysterious death. Was it suicide?
keywords:
made-for-TV film , order and obedience , fascism , propaganda , anti-semitism , denazification
war:
Second World War (1939-1945)
literature:
Wolf Rüdiger Heß. Mit einem Vorw. von Golo Mann. Rudolf Heß: "Ich bereue nichts". Graz: Stocker, 1994.

Kurt Pätzold/ Manfred Weißbecker. Rudolf Heß. Der Mann an Hitlers Seite. Leipzig: Militzke, 1999.

Peter Longerich: Hitlers Stellvertreter. Saur, München, 1996.
remarks:
Part 1: Der Aufstieg des Rudolf Heß
Part 2: Der Fall des Rudolf Heß
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