Das Himmler Projekt

original title:
Das Himmler Projekt
other titles:
The Himmler Project
country / year of production:
Germany / 2001
original length:
178 min. , color
premiere:
10 September 2001
genre:
Documentary
based on:
director:
Romuald Karmakar
film script:
Romuald Karmakar
producer:
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cast (role):
Manfred Zapatka
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plot synopsis:
In this documentary the three-hour-long speech of Gestapo leader Heinrich Himmler is read. The original speech was held on 4th of October 1943 in front of the leading Nazi officers in Posen. For a very long time this speech was secret. The film now is showing the whole extent of the speech to give an intense impression of the perversion of Nazi ideology.
keywords:
fascism , anti-semitism , authenticity , order and obedience , propaganda , racism
war:
Second World War (1939-1945)
literature:
Josef Lederle. "Das Himmler-Projekt". In: Film- Dienst 54 (2001), 18, 31.

Peter Padfield. Himmler: Reichsführer-SS. London: Cassell, 2001.
remarks:
Won an award at the "Adolf Grimme Awards" in 2002.
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