Im toten Winkel - Hitlers Sekretärin

original title:
Im toten Winkel - Hitlers Sekretärin
other titles:
Blind Spot - Hitler's Secretary
country / year of production:
Austria / 2002
original length:
90 min. , color
premiere:
10 February 2002, Berlin International Film Festival
genre:
Documentary
based on:
André Heller/ Othmar Schmiderer/ Traudl Junge. Im toten Winkel - Hitlers Sekretärin. Originalaufnahme. Berlin: Universal Music GmbH, 2003.
director:
André Heller , Othmar Schmiderer
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plot synopsis:
This documentary is based on an interview with Traudl Junge, Hitler's secretary. Already as a young woman she became involved into the brutal regime, but she was not abled to recognize what was happening arround her. After the war she slowly started to recognize what kind of criminal regime she had been a part of.
keywords:
fascism , women during wartime , order and obedience , bunker , denazification , authenticity
war:
Second World War (1939-1945)
literature:
Claus Löser. "Im toten Winkel - Hitlers Sekretärin". In: Film-Dienst" 55 (2002), 9, 22-23.
remarks:
Homepage: http://www.im-toten-winkel.de/

Won awards at the "Berlin International Film Festival" and the "Chicago International Film Festival" in 2002.

Traudl Junge died 11. February 2002, several hours after the film had it's premiere.
availability:
DVD, VHS NTSC, CD